Tag: BEC
AI-powered email security: How AI enhances integrated cloud email security
Barracuda recently launched new email protection plans that enable customers to fully defend their email environments with security tailored to their specific needs. Our first post in this series defined and explained the components necessary to defend against modern threats. In this post,...
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...
The rise of AI-based BEC attacks
Cybercriminals are quickly latching on to new technology and strategies to improve the success rates of their social engineering-based email attacks. In the latest Barracuda Email Threats and Trends report, the company found that although traditional email scams like phishing are...
Beyond phishing: How cybercriminals target SMBs vs. enterprises
Security-focused managed service providers (MSPs) know that small to midsize businesses (SMBs) often take a more cavalier approach to cybersecurity than larger organizations. They often believe that because they are small and less well-known, they’re less likely to draw the...
Email security and XDR are critical to strengthen your cyber defense
Email is an integral part of our daily communication. With countless emails being sent and received daily, it has become an essential fabric of the day-to-day business activities that most of us take for granted. The widespread use of email...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Apache CouchDB critical vulnerability
Apache has released a patch for a critical remote privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB 3.2.1 protocol. This vulnerability, if not patched, can allow threat actors to execute code on a targeted server or client without being authenticated. Barracuda MSP...
BEC attacks on the rise
In a year dominated by COVID, elections, and ransomware, there are plenty of cybersecurity experts looking to other emerging threats as we begin to wind down the year. “I think the biggest cybersecurity threat facing businesses today are user account...
Ask an MSP Expert: What is a BEC attack and how do I explain it to my customers?
Q: We’ve heard that BEC attacks are one of the most prominent cybersecurity threats to our customers’ businesses today. What is this and how can we protect our SMBs from its attempts to breach our defenses? Business Email Compromise (BEC)...
