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Threat Spotlight: Phishing techniques to look out for in 2025
Over the last few months, Barracuda’s threat analysts have reported on several advanced phishing techniques implemented by attackers to evade security controls and make malicious emails look more convincing, legitimate, and personal. In this blog post, we look at how these and...
Getting the basics right for MSPs
I’ve given up counting the number of managed services providers (MSPs) websites where I have looked at the “Home” and “About” pages and still wondered just what the company does. Bland statements that cover the same sort of things that...
Essential components for cloud email security
Attacks are getting more sophisticated, and organizations need a fresh approach. The email threat landscape is evolving fast. From sophisticated phishing attacks to business email compromise (BEC) attacks, bad actors continually find new ways to outsmart existing defenses. For businesses...
Securing clients’ fleets: Unlocking new opportunities for MSPs
The market for cybersecurity services as it pertains to autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles is growing. According to Allied Market Research, the estimated industry size of cybersecurity for the autonomous vehicles market was valued at $356.0 million in 2023 and is...
The secret to successful outbound marketing for MSPs: Be normal
Outbound marketing has seen an interesting renaissance over the past 10 to 15 years. For people who’ve been in the IT world for decades, outbound marketing may stir up images of cold calling, direct mail, and maybe even knocking on...
Tech Time Warp: A game “so simple that any drunk in any bar could play”
Sometimes the best ideas really are the simplest, and compared with the complexity of today’s video games or even some of its early pioneering contemporaries, that was the basis of Pong. Released on Nov. 29, 1972, Pong was—in the words...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: RomCom exploits vulnerabilities
Recent reports have uncovered that a threat actor known as RomCom has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities, one in Mozilla Firefox and another in Microsoft Windows, to deploy their proprietary backdoor malware. These vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-9680 and CVE-2024-49039, have been actively...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: WordPress plugin critical vulnerabilities
Two critical security flaws have been identified in a WordPress plugin—Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. This plugin is installed on more than 200,000 websites. Review this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate your risks from these vulnerabilities. What is...
Behind the scenes with Barracuda at IT Nation Connect!
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend IT Nation Connect in Orlando Florida with the Barracuda team. Along with seeing all of the exciting things that the team had in store for the event, the team and...
Cyberthreat predictions for 2025 from Barracuda’s security frontline
Predicting the future isn’t easy, but you can anticipate what is likely to happen by looking at how things have evolved over the past year. This year again, Barracuda asked colleagues who work on the security frontlines about the things...
