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Cybersecurity

PHP2Shell: Patching the PHP Apps MSPs Forget About

Cybersecurity

The ConnectWise Cloud Backup Breach: What to Check in Every Microsoft 365 Tenant

Video surveillance

Solar Camera Poles: How We Put Cameras Where the Power Doesn't Reach

Rural broadband

Ukiah's City-Owned Fiber Passes 2,000 Homes and Businesses: What North Coast Towns Can Learn

Video surveillance

UniFi Bulletin 070: Six AI Key Flaws, and Why Camera Appliances Need a Patch Plan Too

Rural broadband

Starlink, Two LTE Carriers and SpeedFusion: How We Got a Remote RV Resort Off Slow Satellite Internet

Video surveillance

FCC 26-50 Takes Effect October 13: What the New Covered List Rules Mean for Camera Buyers

Rural broadband

Fiber on the Klamath: What YTEL's Last-Mile Build Means for Klamath, Requa and Orick

Cybersecurity

Four NetScaler CVEs in Two Weeks and a SonicWall SMA1000 Bug: Patching the Edge Isn't Enough

Cybersecurity

RMM Abuse Tops Huntress's Tragic Quadrant: How to Lock Down Remote Access Tools

Cybersecurity

An AI Agent Went From Helpdesk to Root in Seconds: What the Zammad Breach Means for MSPs

Video surveillance

UniFi Protect 7.3 “Super Encoding”: Do the Retention Math Before You Flip the Switch

Rural broadband

Redwood Rural Reach: Why Your Broadband Survey Answer Matters in SoHum and Trinity County

Cybersecurity

UniFi Security Advisory Bulletin 069: Six Unauthenticated DoS Bugs in UniFi Gateways, and How I Work the Patch

Networking

Only 2% of Camera Segments Are Camera-Only: Segmentation and Remote Access Lessons for Security Integrators

Rural broadband

California’s BEAD Plan Is Final: What the Satellite Awards Mean for the North Coast

Network monitoring

Install LibreNMS on Ubuntu 22.04

Backup

How to Script Automatic Backups of Self-Hosted Invoice Ninja v5

Cloud

How to migrate from Dropbox to OneDrive on macOS with Rclone

Backup

Backup WordPress on Amazon Lightsail from the Command Line