A phishing campaign is taking advantage of Kaseya VSA customers eagerly awaiting a patch for the beleaguered remote monitoring and management application.
The decision to bring down SaaS severs as a precautionary measure while the company evaluated the full nature of the ransomware attacks is one that many security researchers endorse as a responsible maneuver, even if inconvenient for a segment of customers and partners.
A patch for on-premises customers of the VSA product that was the source of a widespread ransomware attack since Friday is currently going through testing and validation.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been a strong proponent for average users facing phishing scams, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s columnist, Tony Pepper of Egress, writes about how people have become the new perimeter and they must be properly trained to spot phishing attacks.
The Kaseya board determined the company was not ready to begin the rollout of restoration of its software-as-a-service VSA remote monitoring and management tool following the ransomware incident. That decision appears to delay the release of a patch for on-premises clients.
In the latest update following a widespread ransomware attack that hit managed service providers, Kaseya announced that its executive team would meet Monday to discuss bringing the software-as-a-service VSA remote monitoring and management tool back online. The company also said Monday would be the day it disclosed a timeline for the release of a patched on-premises VSA product.
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