Category: Security
Barracuda XDR Insights: How AI learns your patterns to protect you
In the first half of 2023, Barracuda Managed XDR collected almost a trillion customer IT events, among which it detected and neutralized thousands of high-risk incidents. During those six months, the most widely encountered high-risk incidents — threats that require...
DaaS market is finally coming of age
It’s been a long time coming, but it appears that the desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) method for managing IT is finally gaining significant traction. A report from Custom Market Insights values the DaaS market at $6.2 billion in 2023, with a compound...
Get an inside look at what Barracuda was up to at Black Hat USA 2023
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to head to Las Vegas for the Black Hat USA Conference, and I got to experience all the exciting things the Barracuda team was doing at the show. Let me walk you...
Barracuda wins big in CRN Annual Report Card for second year in a row
We’re excited to share that Barracuda has again earned a resounding win in the Data Protection Category of CRN’s Annual Report Card Awards, also known as the ARC Awards. Not only did Barracuda get the highest overall score in this...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Citrix NetScaler servers actively being exploited
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights the nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler servers have been compromised through a sophisticated hacking campaign. The attackers exploited a critical vulnerability, CVE-2023-3519, to implant web shells on the targeted servers. This poses a severe threat as...
First NIST update in a decade: What MSPs need to know
Managed service providers (MSPs), chief information security officers (CISOs), and IT professionals have long relied on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for roadmaps and best practices in cybersecurity. The NIST framework was first released in 2013. Still,...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft .NET vulnerability
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a patched security flaw in Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio products that has been cited for active exploitation. To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to apply security updates as soon as possible. What is...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft zero-day exploit
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a high-severity Microsoft Office and Windows HTML remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, with a base CVSS score of 8.3 has been discovered. Through this vulnerability attackers can execute arbitrary code on affected systems, leading to...
Tip Tuesday: Optimizing multi-cloud network management
Multi-cloud strategies are quickly becoming the norm for businesses today. Managed service providers (MSPs) offering cloud-based services can benefit from these architectures more than most, as their scalability and reliability create convenience for end users. However, managing multi-cloud networks can...
MSSPs need to stage cybersecurity interventions
A pair of reports conducted separately by Google and Cado Security make it clear that when it comes to cloud security, the biggest issues are mundane lapses that cybercriminals have learned to exploit easily. The Google report, for example, finds...
