Zachary Beaudet

All posts by Zachary Beaudet

Zachary is a Cybersecurity Analyst at Barracuda MSP. He's a security expert, working on our Blue Team within our Security Operations Center. Zachary 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: HelloKitty group targets Apache

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HelloKitty group targets Apache

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory discusses a new critical security flaw that was discovered in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker service. This security flaw can potentially result in remote code execution, which is currently being exploited by the HelloKitty ransomware...

/ November 8, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Atlassian confluence vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Atlassian confluence vulnerability

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a new security flaw that has recently been discovered in Atlassian’s Confluence Data Center and Server, which could result in significant data loss if exploited. Tracked as CVE-2023-22518, this vulnerability is rated 9.1 out of...

/ November 2, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HTTP/2 vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: HTTP/2 vulnerability

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, and Google announced measures to mitigate unprecedented distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that utilize an innovative HTTP/2 Rapid Reset technique. In this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory, learn the details of this threat, what the risks are, and...

/ October 19, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Sharepoint Server exploit

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Sharepoint Server exploit

A proof-of-concept exploit code has surfaced on GitHub for a crucial authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server. The exploit allows attackers to escalate privileges in Microsoft SharePoint Servers. Barracuda MSP recommends reviewing this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory in detail to...

/ October 4, 2023

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Cisco vulnerabilities discovered

Cisco is warning of five new Catalyst SD-WAN Manager product vulnerabilities. The most critical vulnerability allows unauthorized remote access to the server. Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SD-WAN Manager that allows an attacker to access the compromised instance or cause...

/ September 29, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Microsoft Word vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: New Microsoft Word vulnerability

A new Microsoft Word vulnerability, CVE-2023-36761, was disclosed by Microsoft. This new vulnerability is rated 5.3 by NIST, a medium-level vulnerability but Microsoft has rated this as “Important”. Barracuda MSP recommends reviewing this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory in detail and follow...

/ September 28, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Threat actor targets government

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Threat actor targets government

This Cybersecurity Threat advisory discusses a Chinese threat actor known as “Earth Lusca” has been observed targeting government entities. They are using a never-before-seen Linux backdoor called SprySOCKS. Earth Lusca was first documented by Trend Micro in January 2022, detailing...

/ September 25, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Sophisticated phishing campaign identified

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Sophisticated phishing campaign identified

This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory focuses on a sophisticated phishing campaign that uses a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trio of threats. The threats are Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper, and are designed to gather a wide range...

/ September 13, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Social engineering attacks targeting Okta

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Social engineering attacks targeting Okta

Today’s Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights Okta, who in recent weeks has experienced social engineering attacks by threat actors looking to attain highly privileged roles within Okta’s accounts. The company has warned about social engineering attacks targeting IT service desk agents...

/ September 6, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerabilities found in Juniper firewalls   

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerabilities found in Juniper firewalls   

Today’s Cybersecurity Threat Advisory involves proof-of-concept exploit code that has been publicly released in Juniper SRX firewalls. Using the proof-of-concept exploit code can allow unauthenticated attackers access to remotely execute code in unpatched Juniper JunOS devices. This news comes after...

/ August 30, 2023