From zdnet.com
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The agencies responsible for cybersecurity from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada have issued a second alert this week, stating that attacks on managed service providers (MSP) are expected to increase.
The advisory states that if an attacker is able to compromise a service provider, then ransomware or espionage activity could be conducted throughout a provider’s infrastructure, and attack its customers.
“Whether the customer’s network environment is on premises or externally hosted, threat actors can use a vulnerable MSP as an initial access vector to multiple victim networks, with globally cascading effects,” the nations advised.