The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an alert of ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers (MSPs).
Managed services is the practice of outsourcing on a proactive basis certain processes and functions intended to improve operations and cut expenses. It is an alternative the outsourcing model.
The alert says: “The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is aware of ongoing APT actor activity attempting to infiltrate the networks of global managed service providers (MSPs).” The alert provides some mitigation steps.
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