Asaad Shaikh

All posts by Asaad Shaikh

Asaad is a Cybersecurity Analyst at Barracuda. He 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: ViciousTrap exploiting Cisco vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: ViciousTrap exploiting Cisco vulnerability

Researchers have identified a new threat actor, “ViciousTrap”, actively exploiting a well-known vulnerability (CVE-2023-20118) to compromise over 5,300 Cisco Edge devices. The attackers are exploiting this flaw to establish a global honeypot network, posing a significant risk to the affected...

/ May 28, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apple AirPlay zero-day vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apple AirPlay zero-day vulnerability

Researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in Apple’s AirPlay protocol. It affects both Apple devices that support AirPlay as well as third-party devices that interface with it. The flaw can enable an attacker to fully takeover a device without the...

/ May 4, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: ScreenConnect vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: ScreenConnect vulnerability

Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the ScreenConnect remote support software that upon a successful exploitation, can allow for remote execution on a targeted server. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to keep your environment safe. What...

/ April 28, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical RCE flaw in Apache Roller blog server

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical RCE flaw in Apache Roller blog server

Researchers have discovered a critical session management vulnerability within Apache Roller. It is being tracked as CVE-2025-24859 and has been assigned the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. Review the details in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to mitigate your risks. What...

/ April 17, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache RCE vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache RCE vulnerability

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache Parquet, identified as CVE-2025-30065, with a CVSS score of 10.0, has been discovered. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to effectively mitigate your risks. What is the threat?...

/ April 9, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RCE vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RCE vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication

A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23120, with a CVSS score of 9.9, has been discovered in Veeam Backup & Replication. This vulnerability can allow attackers to exploit the system and execute remote code on the Veeam Backup Server. Continue reading this...

/ March 26, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical AMI BMC vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical AMI BMC vulnerability

AMI has disclosed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-54085, with a CVSS score of 10.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to gain remote access and execute malicious commands. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate your risk. What is...

/ March 19, 2025
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical VMware vulnerabilities exploited

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical VMware vulnerabilities exploited

Three critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, and CVE-2025-22226) are actively exploited, posing a significant threat to VMware virtualization environments. Review the details in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate your risks. What is the threat? These vulnerabilities present...

/ March 5, 2025