Category: Security-alerts

Service Alert: Windows Defender deletes taskbar & desktop shortcuts

As you may have seen in the news, this morning a bugged Windows Defender update deleted app shortcuts from some users’ desktops and task bars. Only
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Security Alert: FortiOS devices under active exploit

Fortinet has just announced that firewall devices running versions of its FortiOS operating system are under active exploit: CVE-2022-42475 allows an
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Security Alert: Critical vulnerability in select Fortinet products

Fortinet has recently announced a severe vulnerability in certain firewalls and web proxies: CVE-2022-40684 allows an unauthenticated attacker to
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Security Alert: Phishing vulnerability 'Follina' in Office files

A newly-discovered malicious exploit for Microsoft Office files has made headlines over the weekend: the “Follina” MSDT attack uses programs like
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Security Alert: Critical Log4j Vulnerability

Update 12.22.21. This vulnerability continues to pose a major risk for many organizations. Due to the nature of this exploit, your greatest risk
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Security Alert: Phishing Risks from Threat Actor Nobelium Remain High

You may have heard about the recent cyberattack activity from Russian actor Nobelium, a nation-state group that was responsible for the SolarWinds
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Security Alert: Exploit for Malicious Microsoft Office Attachments

You may have heard about the recently-announced security vulnerability that makes use of malicious code embedded in Microsoft Office documents. This
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PrintNightmare Vulnerability in Majority of Windows Devices

UPDATE – July 7 @ 11:45am: Microsoft has now published a patch to mitigate this vulnerability, and Mytech is already working on deploying it to our
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Kaseya VSA Attack: Why Mytech Isn't Affected, What We're Doing Anyway

You may have seen the news about a supply-chain ransomware attack on Kaseya which affected numerous businesses over the holiday weekend. The targeted
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Security Alert: Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft recently announced the discovery of a critical exploit in its Exchange Server products: these vulnerabilities are simple for attackers of
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Security Alert: Sophisticated Cybersecurity Attacks on US Healthcare Industry

The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and (unusually) the Department of Health and Human Services recently released a joint advisory warning
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Hackers Actively Targeting Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

It’s all over the news.  Hackers are actively targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in an attempt to simultaneously infect all of their clients
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