"Unlike larger corporations, small and medium-sized companies don't have the money, resources, or staffing expertise needed to counter today's threats. "That's why they turn to IT service providers – but if those service providers are compromised, those SMBs are at the mercy of the attackers." By utilising supply-chain attacks against managed service providers (MSPs), attackers gain access to both the MSP business and all of its clients. As seen in the SolarWinds breach last year and the Kaseya VSA attack earlier in 2021, one successful attack means they can breach hundreds or thousands of SMBs downstream. Other key takeaways from the Acronis Cyberthreats Report Mid-year 2021 included: Gone phishing The prevalence of phishing attacks is unfortunately rife at the moment. Using social engineering techniques to trick unwary users into clicking malicious attachments or links, phishing emails rose 62% from Q1 to Q2.