Fri Dec 18 2020: Why customers buy from MSPs, and further updates on the SolarWinds hack
Two things to know today * Research updates on why customers buy from managed services providers https://www.prweb.com/releases/infrascale_survey_reveals_that_smb_and_mid_market_business_executives_feel_more_competitive_with_the_aid_of_managed_service_providers/prweb17613790.htm AND * The SolarWinds hack continues to grow and expand https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-hackers-breach-us-nuclear-weapons-agency/ https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-solarwinds-075020280.html [https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-solarwinds-075020280.html?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_morning_after] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/only-an-elite-few-solarwinds-hack-victims-received-follow-on-attacks/ https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22188060/microsoft-president-solarwinds-orion-hack-breach-brad-smith https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/ruusian-hackers-outsmarted-us-defenses/2020/12/15/3deed840-3f11-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/government-warns-new-hacking-tactics-russia/2020/12/17/bba43fd8-408c-11eb-a402-fba110db3b42_story.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-hackers-breached-us-govt-using-more-than-solarwinds-backdoor/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-think-tank-breached-three-times-in-a-row-by-solarwinds-hackers/ https://www.crn.com/news/managed-services/solarwinds-msp-to-revoke-digital-certificates-for-tools-issue-new-ones-as-breach-fallout-continues?itc=refresh
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Two things to know today
- Research updates on why customers buy from managed services providers
AND
- The SolarWinds hack continues to grow and expand
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/solarwinds-hackers-breach-us-nuclear-weapons-agency/
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-solarwinds-075020280.html
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