Tag: phishing
Threat Spotlight: Tycoon phishing kit reveals new techniques to hide malicious links
Phishing emails often feature malicious links (URLs) that lead victims to fake websites where they are infected with harmful software or tricked into giving away personal information such as their account credentials. Uncover how these attacks work in the latest...
Back to school, back to scams
As August fades into September, certain sights and sounds return like clockwork: bright yellow school buses rumbling down the roads, playgrounds echoing with the squeals of energetic children, and the slow shift of the seasons. As schools ease into their...
Email Threat Radar – July 2025
In this month’s edition of the Email Threat Radar, Barracuda threat analysts identified several notable email-based threats targeting organizations around the world. Many of them leveraged popular phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kits. The threats include: Tycoon PhaaS impersonating the Autodesk Construction Cloud for...
Email Threat Radar – June 2025
In this edition of the Email Threat Radar, we see how during May, threat analysts identified several notable email-based threats targeting organizations around the world and designed to evade detection and boost the chances of success, including: The EvilProxy phishing...
An MSP’s guide to keeping up with phishing
Phishing has long been a primary tool in the hacker’s arsenal, but like military weapons, their tactics evolve. A phishing attempt in 2025 looks different from those in 2015, 2020, or even last year. Therefore, managed service providers (MSPs) must...
Email security under siege: How MSPs can win the war against phishing
Phishing attacks are no longer the clumsy attempts of the past. They’re evolving at an alarming rate, forcing managed service providers (MSPs) to radically adapt their email security strategies to protect their customers effectively. Automated phishing tools, the weaponization of...
Email Threat Radar – April 2025
In this edition of the Email Threat Radar, Barracuda threat analysts highlight several notable email-based threats identified over the past month. These threats were designed to evade detection and increase the chances of success, and they targeted organizations around the...
Staying Ahead cybersecurity risks stemming from global events
News events can often serve as a gateway for hackers. Disasters or wars provide cybercriminals with immediate opportunities for phishing attacks, while political unrest opens doors for exploitation and financial gain. Even seemingly positive news can pose cybersecurity risks. For...
Threat Spotlight: A million PhaaS attacks in two months
The first few months of 2025 saw a massive spike in phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) attacks targeting organizations around the world, with more than a million attacks detected by Barracuda systems in January and February. The attacks were powered by several leading...
Email Threat Radar – March 2025
Over the last month, Barracuda threat analysts identified several notable email-based threats targeting organizations around the world, including: Extortion attempts impersonating Clop ransomware New attacks by the evasive and highly adaptive LogoKit phishing platform A phishing campaign leveraging SVG image file attachments Attackers...
