Cybercrime in 2026: Faster, smarter and fully industrialized
Cybercrime is no longer a loose collection of hackers, tools and opportunistic attacks. As we move into 2026, it has matured into a highly industrialized ecosystem—complete with specialization, automation, affiliate networks, and even cartel-like business models. The result is a...
Close hidden security gaps with Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security
We are excited to announce the launch of Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security. This is a fully managed vulnerability scanning service that extends the BarracudaONE platform and is backed by Barracuda’s global, award-winning security operations center (SOC). Barracuda Managed Vulnerability Security scans for...
World Backup Day turns 14
On March 23 2011, a Redditor proposed a “Back-Up Day” to a community full of tech enthusiasts. “I just think it would be for the good of everyone to have a reminder to save all your cherished pictures, videos and...
Medusa ransomware and its cybercrime ecosystem
Greek mythology says the Medusa was once a beautiful woman until Athena’s curse transformed her into a winged creature with a head full of snakes. Because of her power to petrify anyone who looked directly upon her face, she is...
2024 by the numbers
The threat landscape is always churning, with new threats emerging while others disappear or fade to irrelevance. Consider ALPHV, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that provided the infrastructure, tools, and administrative services to the individual hacker who ransomed $22 million from Change Healthcare...
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October 1 marks the start of the annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM), which is a collaborative effort to raise awareness of cybersecurity and safe online practices. Each October, governments, public sector agencies, and private sector partners organize events and media campaigns...
AI drives profit and revenue for MSPs and consultants
Recent studies by Canalys and Channel Futures project managed service provider (MSP) revenue to grow 11% or more in 2024. The Channel Futures study reveals that 62% of MSPs increased their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments and consultations in the fourth quarter...
The benefits of Barracuda’s new scalable backup
Data is money, and data protection is a key piece of any business continuity plan or cybersecurity strategy. This is a concern for companies that need an increasing amount of storage and backup capacity but have no extra budget to...
Predictions for the future of AI in cybersecurity
Threat actors are improving their attacks by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in every way. AI makes every attack from deepfakes to credential stuffing cheaper, better, and faster. The good news is that the security industry also has access to AI capabilities, and AI-enhanced...
5 Ways cybercriminals are using AI: Access and credential theft
Threat actors have embraced artificial intelligence (AI) for phishing, deepfakes, malware generation, content localization, and more. This week we’re looking at how they’re using it for credential theft to gain access to high-value networks. Stolen credentials are a goldmine for cybercriminals, especially if the...
