Category: Security

Women of the Channel – keys to success for channel partners in 2023 

Women of the Channel – keys to success for channel partners in 2023 

This week, CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, announced the highly respected Women of the Channel list for 2023. We are excited to share that a total of five Barracuda team members made this prestigious list! These highly accomplished...

/ May 8, 2023
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical PaperCut vulnerability actively exploited

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical PaperCut vulnerability actively exploited

A new vulnerability, CVE-2023-27350, has been discovered which affects PaperCut MF and NG print management software. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability would allow attackers to access sensitive user information (usernames, email addresses, office/department information, and card numbers) without authentication. A...

/ May 8, 2023 / 1 Comment
Why XDR is essential for MSPs

Why XDR is essential for MSPs

With the rise in cyberattacks continuing to accelerate, and the complexity of those attacks increasing, managed services providers (MSPs) and managed security services providers (MSSPs) can potentially provide much-needed support for embattled IT departments. However, service providers face the same...

/ May 4, 2023
Threat Spotlight: Proportion of malicious HTML attachments doubles within a year

Threat Spotlight: Proportion of malicious HTML attachments doubles within a year

The security industry has been highlighting the cybercriminal misuse of HTML for years — and evidence suggests it remains a successful and popular attack tool. Last year we reported that around one-in-five (21%) of all HTML attachments scanned by Barracuda in May...

/ May 3, 2023
Reining in costs moves to the top of the IT agenda

Reining in costs moves to the top of the IT agenda

In the wake of the economic downturn, the issues that are stressing out senior information technology (IT) leaders have changed. A survey of 200 IT professionals conducted by Torii, a provider of a platform for managing software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, finds...

/ May 2, 2023
Introducing Karen Ward, Barracuda MSP’s new VP, MSP Sales, Americas 

Introducing Karen Ward, Barracuda MSP’s new VP, MSP Sales, Americas 

Last week, Barracuda announced several new strategic investments to invigorate the partner experience and increase success within the channel ecosystem. These investments are explained in detail in the latest press release. Included among these investments is the promotion of Karen Ward,...

/ May 1, 2023
Strengthening Barracuda XDR’s threat intelligence with MISP

Strengthening Barracuda XDR’s threat intelligence with MISP

Threat intelligence is the fuel that drives the effectiveness of an XDR and a Security Operations Center (SOC). Having a comprehensive collection of threat intelligence can drive down the number of false-positive alerts, enhance threat detection capabilities, and enrich SOC...

/ April 27, 2023
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: EvilExtractor malware surge detected

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: EvilExtractor malware surge detected

EvilExtractor malware has spiked in Europe and the US. EvilExtractor is distributed through phishing campaigns and can harvest various types of data, including browser history, passwords, and cryptocurrency wallets. This is a concern because of the malware’s ability to evade...

/ April 27, 2023
Steps to prevent automotive hacking threats for MSPs

Steps to prevent automotive hacking threats for MSPs

Many businesses now have company-owned vehicles, especially ones that didn’t originally have a need for them. As medicine, education, and banking have spread beyond the boundaries of corporate cubicles, more and more enterprises find themselves owning and maintaining vehicles. That’s...

/ April 25, 2023
The opportunity for managed security services is now

The opportunity for managed security services is now

It doesn’t appear that cybersecurity is exempt from a wave of cutbacks that have been made by organizations around the globe, but if there is one bright spot from a managed services perspective, it is that more organizations are relying...

/ April 24, 2023