Why Your Mid-market Company Needs an MSSP

Keeping your business secure from cyber threats keeps getting more complicated. Even companies that previously thought they weren’t targets due to their size or industry know they need to adjust their thinking — cybersecurity vigilance is today’s reality. Mid-market companies that need to update their security controls are particularly at risk. Cybercriminals know that mid-market …

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Cybercriminals Are Using ChatGPT for Phishing — What Should Your Company Do?

Until now, one of the easiest ways to spot a phishing email has been spelling or grammatical errors — but ChatGPT has changed all that. With the popular AI-driven chatbot spinning out prose faster than you can say “write my term paper,” everyone now needs to be suspicious of even the most well-written emails. ChatGPT’s ability …

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5 Reasons Leapfrog Has Elevated EDR to a Must-Have Security Tool in 2022

EDR, or endpoint detection and response, is a buzzword for a reason. EDR combines artificial intelligence (AI), next-gen antivirus, and other technologies into a single, integrated cybersecurity solution that’s a game-changer in today’s threat environment. It detects and contains known and unknown security threats originating from any endpoint connected to your network and blocks the threats …

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How To Stay In Compliance When Employees Work From Home — or From Anywhere

Your employees need to stay in compliance regardless of where they’re working. When employees Work From Home (WFH) or Work From Anywhere (WFA), the risk to your systems increases — breaches, malware, ransomware, device and network access, social engineering, the temptation to use workarounds, and other threats are more likely when people work away from …

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The Kaseya Ransomware Attack, the Supply-Chain Threat, and What You Can Do

There has been a lot of news and some speculation about the ransomware attack on the Kaseya VSA software.  Here’s what’s happened so far. Cybercriminals exploited several vulnerabilities on Kaseya’s VSA on-premises product to attempt to install ransomware onto computers and servers managed by the Kaseya VSA. IT departments and MSPs use the VSA software …

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How To Qualify for Cyber Insurance As Claims Skyrocket

More risk means tighter qualifications and higher premiums when it comes to insurance — cyber insurance is no different. The past few years have seen enormous increases in cybercrime and, not surprisingly, skyrocketing claims. “Policyholders can expect 20% to 50% rate increases for cyber coverage throughout 2021 as trends that began last year continue at …

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Is Your Organization Ransomware-Ready?

(UPDATED 5/12/21) Ransomware is a gold mine for cybercriminals. It’s available on the dark web as-a-service, most businesses aren’t fully prepared to defend against it, and it can be monetized beyond the ransom demand by selling stolen data and using “name and shame” schemes. It’s no wonder we’re seeing an enormous spike — criminals are …

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The 2 Most Important Actions To Take After The SolarWinds Hack

We posed a series of questions to Leapfrog Services CTO Emmett Hawkins about what companies should do to improve their security posture after the SolarWinds hack. To recap what happened, late in 2020, a leading cybersecurity company named FireEye discovered it had been hacked and identified SolarWinds network-monitoring software as the source of the hack. …

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