Tag: XDR
Automated Threat Response (ATR) for firewalls
In the last 12 months, Barracuda Managed XDR’s Automated Threat Response (ATR) for firewalls prevented thousands of potentially serious attacks against customers. It does so by correlating advanced threat intelligence and other tools, such as AI and machine learning to...
XDR: Your cybersecurity wingman
As cybercrime continues to rise, the need for automation in cybersecurity has become clear. IT security experts often lack the expertise, headcount, and time to manage the increasing number of alerts and potential threats effectively. For managed service providers (MSPs)...
XDR roundup 2024: Ransomware rises fourfold in a year of complex threats
In 2024, Barracuda Managed XDR logged many trillions of IT events to identify the critical security threats targeting organizations and neutralize malicious activity. Threat analysts in Barracuda Managed XDR’s Security Operations Center (SOC) have drawn on this unique dataset to highlight the...
Top 3 cybersecurity predictions for successful MSPs in 2025
With the dawn of a new year comes new cybersecurity threats, technology developments, and challenges for managed service providers (MSPs) regarding keeping client networks and applications safe. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud adoption continue to accelerate the evolution of the...
The SOC case files: XDR detects Akira ransomware exploiting a ‘ghost’ account
This edition of the SOC case files showcases how Barracuda Managed XDR detects a breach via a ‘ghost’ account and an unprotected server. The SOC is part of Barracuda Managed XDR, an extended visibility, detection, and response (XDR) service that...
The SOC case files: XDR neutralizes threat targeting MSP
This edition of the SOC case files showcases how an incident was detected, contained, and mitigated in about a minute. The SOC is part of Barracuda Managed XDR, an extended visibility, detection, and response (XDR) service. It provides customers with...
Behind the scenes with Barracuda at IT Nation Connect!
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend IT Nation Connect in Orlando Florida with the Barracuda team. Along with seeing all of the exciting things that the team had in store for the event, the team and...
Cyberthreat predictions for 2025 from Barracuda’s security frontline
Predicting the future isn’t easy, but you can anticipate what is likely to happen by looking at how things have evolved over the past year. This year again, Barracuda asked colleagues who work on the security frontlines about the things...
The SOC case files: Play ransomware targets manufacturing firm
Incident summary A U.S.-based manufacturing company was recently targeted by the Play ransomware group in the early hours of the morning. The attackers broke into an under-protected domain controller at 1:00 am. At 3:20 a.m. the gang attempted to execute...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Okta username flaw
Researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in Okta which allows an user to authenticate to an account with a username longer than 52 characters without multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how this may impact...
