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Loophold LOOPHOLD is a leading Value Added Distributor of Network, data and Information Security products for

LOOPHOLD is a leading Value Added Distributor (VAD) of Information Security (InfoSec) products, based in South Africa and serving the African continent. LOOPHOLD is focused on providing a carefully selected and tailored security portfolio to its extensive reseller base. Our current partners include Barracuda, Celestix, Sawmill, SonicWall, Tamosoft and RackMount-IT.

In the many conversations about what makes RAG work, storage doesn’t usually make the list.But production RAG applicatio...
20/08/2026

In the many conversations about what makes RAG work, storage doesn’t usually make the list.

But production RAG applications need somewhere to keep the documents, embeddings, evaluation data, and other artifacts they rely on as models and retrieval strategies evolve.

In this blog, Michelle M. explores why persistent cloud storage is a crucial component of the RAG architecture and how Wasabi helps teams keep improving without rebuilding their data from scratch.

Read more below.

https://zurl.co/xyBeK

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The window to stop an attack is getting smaller. Barracuda's Red Team showed how an AI-generated phishing email could le...
19/08/2026

The window to stop an attack is getting smaller. Barracuda's Red Team showed how an AI-generated phishing email could lead to credential theft, MFA bypass and account compromise in just five minutes. https://zurl.co/drxdN

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Professional services firms generated 3 billion IPS events in H1 2026, the largest attack volume of any industry SonicWa...
14/08/2026

Professional services firms generated 3 billion IPS events in H1 2026, the largest attack volume of any industry SonicWall tracks. Client portals, billing systems, and collaboration tools are built for easy access, and attackers are walking straight through. 💼

This new SonicWall Services Protect Brief breaks down the numbers behind the attacks. Read it now: https://zurl.co/ZJSCx

Open-weight AI models are rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape.GLM-5.2 has demonstrated frontier-level vulnerabi...
13/08/2026

Open-weight AI models are rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape.

GLM-5.2 has demonstrated frontier-level vulnerability discovery capabilities, putting powerful offensive techniques into the hands of anyone who can run it. As AI accelerates the speed of ransomware attacks, protecting your recovery path becomes even more critical.

In this blog, Rob Callaghan explores what GLM-5.2 means for defenders and why defense in depth remains the key to keeping a clean, recoverable copy of your data out of reach. Read more: https://zurl.co/SsF14

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Secure connectivity isn't just an IT issue. It can be critical to emergency response, education and community recovery. ...
12/08/2026

Secure connectivity isn't just an IT issue. It can be critical to emergency response, education and community recovery. Learn how Elevate Technology Group and Barracuda helped communities stay connected when traditional communications infrastructure failed. https://zurl.co/Tiku7

Networks

Most firewalls detect threats by matching known signatures. That means they miss what they have never seen before. Sonic...
06/08/2026

Most firewalls detect threats by matching known signatures. That means they miss what they have never seen before. SonicWall's RTDMI technology inspects files in memory, in real time, catching zero-day exploits before they execute.

It is one reason Gen 8 scored 98.8 percent in independent NSS Labs testing, within one point of the top performer. Proactive beats reactive. https://zurl.co/CmucN

Covert Copy by Wasabi is the industry's most sophisticated new feature to safeguard your data from insider threats and r...
06/08/2026

Covert Copy by Wasabi is the industry's most sophisticated new feature to safeguard your data from insider threats and ransomware by creating a locked, air-gapped, and immutable copy of your S3 bucket that is completely isolated from all programmatic and UI access without specific approval.

Learn more about how Covert Copy works: https://zurl.co/CP4q6

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AI assistants are becoming part of the attack surface. Barracuda Researchers explain how attackers could abuse AI-powere...
05/08/2026

AI assistants are becoming part of the attack surface. Barracuda Researchers explain how attackers could abuse AI-powered email assistants after compromising an account, creating new opportunities for fraud and impersonation.

https://zurl.co/k9B1p

Networks

Attackers get an AI sidekick. Defenders deserve one too. SonicWall just joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing and put Cla...
30/07/2026

Attackers get an AI sidekick. Defenders deserve one too. SonicWall just joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing and put Claude Mythos 5 to work hunting bugs in our own code before hackers find them first. https://zurl.co/p0PDd

Wasabi Co-Founder and CEO David Friend has been named one of CRN’s Top 100 Executives of 2026 and recognized among this ...
30/07/2026

Wasabi Co-Founder and CEO David Friend has been named one of CRN’s Top 100 Executives of 2026 and recognized among this year’s top 25 Innovators!

Exponential data growth, cyber threats, and rising costs continue to challenge organizations, and the channel plays a critical role in helping customers navigate complexity and make smarter technology decisions.

Dave’s entrepreneurial spirit and passion for challenging conventional thinking have helped cloud storage become simpler, more predictable, and more accessible for customers and partners alike across the IT channel and beyond.

Congratulations to all of this year’s recipients, and cheers to you, Dave! Find the full list of honorees here: https://zurl.co/xdFd7

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