Tag: phishing
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...
Q&A: New Barracuda Email Protection advancements
We’re thrilled to announce exciting new advancements to Barracuda Email Protection. These updates — including flexible deployment options, enhanced security capabilities, and more — make it easier than ever for organizations of all sizes and IT environments to defend against increasingly...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerability in Ivanti secure access solutions
A critical security flaw in Ivanti, CVE-2025-0283, is affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways. This stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability allows a locally authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges. Continue reading this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to mitigate your...
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...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Phishing campaign spreading Remcos RAT malware
A new phishing campaign spreading a fileless variant of Remcos RAT malware has been discovered. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how this could impact your organization. What is the threat? This campaign delivers malware through a phishing email...
Cybercriminals impersonate OpenAI in large-scale phishing attack
Since the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI has sparked significant interest among both businesses and cybercriminals. While companies are increasingly concerned about whether their existing cybersecurity measures can adequately defend against threats curated with generative AI tools, attackers are finding new...
Tips to help your customers master the art of online safety
Strong cybersecurity awareness should be a priority every day, but October serves as a great reminder for all of us to stay vigilant. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance (CISA) recommends the following simple yet powerful tips to boost online...
What we can learn from top tech advice we never listen to
October 2024 marks the 21st Cybersecurity Awareness Month – four weeks of themed activity designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity and the importance of staying safe online. For 21 years, this annual event has exhorted people and businesses to take steps such...
Tip Tuesday: Spot the phish this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, making it an ideal time for managed service providers (MSPs) to educate their clients about phishing threats. Most people log into various online accounts daily, never considering that cybercriminals may try to trick them into...