Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 26 October 2020 -

Each business day, MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the managed security services provider ecosystem.

The Content: Written for MSSPs, SOC as a Service (SOCaaS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and MSP security providers — and those who need to partner up with such companies.
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A. Today’s MSSP Alerts

1. Triton Malware Warning: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Russian government research institution that's allegedly connected to Triton Malware. Triton (aka TRISIS/HatMan) is specifically designed to target and manipulate the industrial safety systems used by critical infrastructure facilities to protect human lives, a Treasury statement says. It is referred to as the most dangerous threat activity publicly known, the agency adds.

2. Ransomware Attack & U.S. Election System: A ransomware attack that hobbled a Georgia county government in early October reportedly disabled a database used to verify voter signatures in the authentication of absentee ballots, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.

3. Distribution: Synnex has agreed to distribute Foresite's cybersecurity services, managed network security monitoring, assessment and compliance services to IT resellers.

4. Partnership - MDR and Security Operations Center: Deeptree, a managed detection and response (MDR) provider, has selected Stellar Cyber as its security operations center (SOC) platform.

5. Extended Detection and Response (XDR): Confluera 2.0, an XDR offering, features a "purpose-built cloud workload detection and response solution with the unique ability to deterministically track threats progressing through the environment," the company asserts.