Anika Jishan

All posts by Anika Jishan

Anika is a Cybersecurity Analyst at Barracuda MSP. She's a security expert, working on our Blue Team within our Security Operations Center. Anika supports our XDR service delivery and is highly skilled at analyzing security events to detect cyber threats, helping keep our partners and their customers protected.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Navigating holiday cyber risks

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Navigating holiday cyber risks

The holiday season is here, and organizations are facing an increased risk of cyberthreats with a notable focus on the activities of access brokers. These threat actors specialize in gaining and selling unauthorized access to organization accounts by orchestrating social...

/ November 27, 2023 / 13 Comments
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: WS_FTP Server vulnerabilities uncovered

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: WS_FTP Server vulnerabilities uncovered

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in all versions of WS_FTP Server. The critical and high vulnerabilities include a directory traversal flaw (CVE-2023-42657) with a CVSS score of 9.9, a high-severity reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) issue (CVE-2023-40045, CVSS 8.3), a SQL...

/ September 29, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: BlackCat ransomware targets Microsoft Azure

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: BlackCat ransomware targets Microsoft Azure

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory reviews the latest movements of the BlackCat ransomware gang. They are using the Sphynx encryptor to target Microsoft Azure storage through a recently discovered vulnerability in Azure’s security infrastructure. The BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware gang is using...

/ September 20, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Android zero-day exploit found

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Android zero-day exploit found

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory involves a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting Android devices, tracked as CVE-2023-35674, posing a significant threat to Android users. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially compromising sensitive user data and device functionality....

/ September 12, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New VMware Aria vulnerability identified

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New VMware Aria vulnerability identified

Today’s Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights an SSH authentication bypass flaw, identified as CVE-2023-34039, which has been discovered in VMware Aria. It has a severity rating of “critical” and a CVSS v3 scope of 9.8. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to...

/ September 7, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: XLoader malware targeting macOS

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: XLoader malware targeting macOS

Today’s Cybersecurity Threat Advisory sheds light on a resurgence of XLoader malware in the wild targeting macOS systems as a disguised “OfficeNote” application. This trojan leverages social engineering tactics to entice users into downloading and executing the malicious app that...

/ August 25, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Citrix NetScaler servers actively being exploited

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Citrix NetScaler servers actively being exploited

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights the nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler servers have been compromised through a sophisticated hacking campaign. The attackers exploited a critical vulnerability, CVE-2023-3519, to implant web shells on the targeted servers. This poses a severe threat as...

/ August 18, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical MOVEit vulnerability discovered

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical MOVEit vulnerability discovered

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the MOVEit Transfer software, prompting urgent action from customers to patch their systems. This flaw, identified as CVE-2023-36934, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with elevated privileges without...

/ July 8, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New FortiNAC critical vulnerability update released

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New FortiNAC critical vulnerability update released

A critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-33299) with a CVSS score of 9.6 has been discovered in Fortinet’s FortiNAC product. This vulnerability poses a significant risk as it could allow an unauthenticated user to execute unauthorized code or commands by...

/ June 27, 2023

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Cisco Small Business Switches remote attack vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cisco Small Business routers, allowing bad actors to remotely execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected device and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. These vulnerabilities are due to improper validation of requests...

/ May 23, 2023