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Threat Spotlight: Attached Password Stealer

March 1, 2018 by Jonathan Tanner

Earlier this month we revealed a new security advisory platform — Barracuda Security Insight, which provides real-time threat intelligence and risk information to help raise awareness about the current IT security threat levels. One of the reasons we’re excited about the platform is because anyone with Internet access can use it as a way to check in on the different threats that might be lurking around the web.

For example, if we’re seeing an uptick in PDFs that contain malware, Barracuda Security Insight will flag this threat as a “critical alert,” with a description of the threat so people know what to avoid as they go about their day. For this month’s Threat Spotlight, we are taking a look at a recent “critical alert” that was flagged by Security Insight for attempting to steal user passwords by using attached Word or Excel documents that claim to be tax forms or other official documents. Cybercriminals regularly go after user passwords and credentials; however, we’re continuing to see criminals come up with clever ways to persuade users into sacrificing their sensitive information. Here’s what we found this time:

Highlighted Threat:

Password Stealers — Cybercriminals are using common attachment file types to steal user passwords.

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Jonathan Tanner

Jonathan is a graduate of San Jose State University and a Software Engineer at Barracuda Networks.  Connect with him on LinkedIn here.

https://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda Research, Barracuda, Threat Spotlight, Expert Commentary

Why is Safer Internet Day important in 2018?

February 6, 2018 by Chris Ross

Safer Internet Day has come around again, and this year the theme is ‘create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’.

Since we started out as a company, we've been teaming up with other organisations to help make the internet a safer place for all.

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Chris Ross

Chris Ross is senior vice president of international sales at Barracuda, with strategic & operational responsibility for world-wide markets. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

http://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Network and Application Security, Email Protection, Barracuda, Public Cloud Solutions Tagged With: Barracuda, Barracuda Email Security, Ransomware, Expert Commentary

Automation of Barracuda Web Application Firewall in AWS deployments

January 30, 2018 by Sanjay Ramnath

A few months ago we made it possible for IT professionals to automate application security testing by embedding security into the code building process for their Azure deployments.  We are thrilled to announce that we have extended this Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) functionality into AWS deployments as well. Move your business toward continuous delivery with continuous security using Barracuda WAF!

Why is this so revolutionary for the cloud?

Agility in developing, deploying, and updating applications is critical in today’s fast-moving business environment. Organizations are increasingly adopting infrastructure as code (IaC) to be more agile to business requirements, and are hosting these production-like environments in the cloud for rapid and automated provisioning and tear down.

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Sanjay Ramnath

Sanjay is a 20 year veteran in technology and has a passion for cutting edge technology and a desire to innovate at the intersection of technology trends. He currently leads product management, marketing and strategy for Barracuda’s security business worldwide. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.

https://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Network and Application Security, Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Expert Commentary

Are channel partners missing a trick when it comes to cloud?

December 20, 2017 by Chris Hill

As we increasingly see organisations embracing hybrid solutions, the channel undeniably has a pivotal role to play in terms of educating customers around cloud, especially when it comes to its security.

With cloud technology still relatively new, many organisations don’t yet have cloud security skills in house. For our customers, we often see the channel plugging this skills gap by lending an ear and a helping hand.

To get a closer view of how the channel is helping organisations’ journey to the cloud, we conducted a survey of 164 channel partners across the EMEA region. We then compared these findings with similar end user research.

While many areas tallied up, cloud was a key aspect where partners seem to be out of sync with their customers. So are partners taking full advantage of the cloud opportunity?

Are channel partners missing a trick when it comes to cloud?Click To Tweet
  • Both channel and end users agreed that organisations primarily use the cloud for backup, with 56% of end users reporting that they use the cloud primarily for data recovery.
  • Cloud’s future is bright, with 86% of partners reporting that their customers trust cloud more in the past five years, with only 8% saying there is less trust. This reiterated previous surveys where 64% of EMEA IT decision makers said their trust in public cloud has increased.
  • However, there were also clear areas of disagreement. Channel partners reported an average of 10-20% of customers’ infrastructure running on public cloud, whereas businesses themselves reported a figure closer to 35%.
  • The channel also overestimated organisations awareness of the cloud’s shared security model, with only 58% of them believing that customers didn’t understand the model, in contrary 64% of end user customers noted that they didn’t have a basic understanding of the model.
  • The biggest discrepancy was around cloud security. While 64% of end users said they have a cyber security plan, only 27% of the channel think customers have cyber security plans in place. Could it be that the organisations have outdated plans that the channel believes aren’t current? Is there an opportunity for channel partners to investigate the 64% and understand what areas are covered? This could lead to the partner becoming the organisations trusted advisor in deploying a new, state of the art, cloud aligned cyber plan. A win-win for all.

On the whole, the channel generally underestimated how much organisations are using cloud and overestimated their level of education particularly around security, suggesting that the channel is missing out on some all-too-valuable revenue opportunities.

This is more likely to be because channel partners aren't being told about it rather than them not asking, but it's worth any channel partner keeping in mind the next time they're talking to a customer about their cloud security approach. Are you really getting the full story?

Security is arguably the biggest tech challenge facing businesses today. The only chance we have of beating the cyber criminals is by the channel and organisations working hand in hand with experienced vendors to ensure every business out there has a tight knit security posture.

Chris Hill

Director, Public Cloud Business Development, Barracuda Networks

Chris Hill is an experienced, IT Executive, since 2016 he has been working to develop the Public Cloud Business across EMEA for Barracuda Networks. Chris has spent 28 years in IT and has worked at SanDisk and Emulex. He has experience in EMEA direct and indirect Sales, Managerial and Technical environments.

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Channel, Public Cloud Solutions, Expert Commentary

Barracuda awarded ‘Cybersecurity Vendor of the Year’ at CRN 2017 Channel Awards

November 20, 2017 by Chris Ross

Barracuda comes out on top
Scoops “Cybersecurity vendor of the year” accolade at CRN 2017 Channel Awards

Thursday evening marked an exciting time for us, as members of the Barracuda team made their way over to Battersea Park for CRN’s annual Channel Awards. We are extremely pleased to announce that we did not return empty-handed, having been awarded “Cybersecurity Vendor of the Year”!

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Chris Ross

Chris Ross is senior vice president of international sales at Barracuda, with strategic & operational responsibility for world-wide markets. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

http://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Reviews and Awards, Channel, Expert Commentary

Barracuda Introduces Active DDoS Prevention

October 16, 2017 by Jonathan Bregman

Today we are very excited to introduce our new Active DDoS Prevention (ADP) which is a cloud-based service that provides customers with DDoS protection and application security under a single solution. This new service ensures that our customers can stay online without having to invest in the massive infrastructure required to protect against DDoS attacks, nor the headache of needing to manage multiple vendors and disparate technologies.

Barracuda Active DDoS Prevention (ADP) addresses an enormous market need, as over one-third of outages experienced by organizations were the result of DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks are also growing approximately 245 percent (pdf) year-over-year.

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Jonathan Bregman
http://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Network and Application Security, Barracuda, Public Cloud Solutions Tagged With: Barracuda, Barracuda Web Application Firewalls, Expert Commentary

Azure Cloud Integration with OMS and ASC

October 13, 2017 by Rich Turner

With OMS support for the Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) and the Barracuda NextGen Firewall (NGF), customers can now stream log data from their firewall to Microsoft OMS in Azure for further analysis. By adding Log Analytics service in the OMS Workspace, you can connect your firewalls to the Workplace and enable syslog streaming. Profiles are defined to specify the log file types to be transferred/streamed. By configuring Azure OMS as the log stream destination, all selected log files are then streamed to Azure OMS, where they can be stored, analyzed, and processed.

Customers can now stream log data from Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Barracuda NextGen Firewall to OMS in AzureClick To Tweet

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Rich Turner

Rich is the Product Marketing Manager, Information Management. He's been with Barracuda since the acquisition of C2C Systems in 2014. Rich specializes in cloud-deployed solutions, information management, and archiving systems. His experience includes extensive work on OEM opportunities and the legal community.

If you'd like to get in touch with Rich, you can connect with him on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter.

You can email Rich at rturner@barracuda.com.

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Public Cloud Solutions, Cloud Ready, Expert Commentary

Ransomware tops the list of barriers to cloud

October 12, 2017 by Chris Ross

Right on cue with the end of summer, the autumn leaves have begun to fall and the weather has started to turn. Much like the weather, cyber criminals are forever changing their tactics in order to find the most efficient and lucrative way of exploiting organisations and getting past those pesky cybersecurity defences.

In this context, it may come as no surprise that security concerns – with ransomware singled out by respondents as the top issue – remain the biggest barrier holding people back from adopting cloud, according to our new study which polled over 1,100 organisations.

This is despite firms increasingly turning to Microsoft Office 365, with almost two thirds (62%) of businesses in EMEA now using Office 365, an increase of 50% on 2016. Of those not yet using the productivity suite, just under 40% plan to migrate in the future. As this year-on-year adoption continues to increase across the EMEA region, it’s natural to assume that concerns over cyber threats will keep pace.

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Chris Ross

Chris Ross is senior vice president of international sales at Barracuda, with strategic & operational responsibility for world-wide markets. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

http://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Barracuda, Public Cloud Solutions Tagged With: Barracuda, Barracuda Email Security, Office 365, Ransomware, Expert Commentary

UK SMBs value cyber security but remain unprepared for upcoming legislation changes

September 5, 2017 by Chris Ross

This week, we’re joining together with other organisations to offer advice to the UK’s 4.5 million small and medium sized businesses as part of Small Business Advice Week.

One thing I know well from my day-to-day role at Barracuda is UK SMBs are increasingly recognising cyber security’s value. This was also echoed by research we carried out in conjunction with Small Business Advice Week, which surveyed 607 business decision makers around the UK.

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Chris Ross

Chris Ross is senior vice president of international sales at Barracuda, with strategic & operational responsibility for world-wide markets. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

http://www.barracuda.com

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Expert Commentary

OMS and Azure Security Center – either, or both?

July 11, 2017 by Rich Turner

Barracuda recently announced OMS support for its Cloud-Ready firewalls, the Barracuda Web Application Firewall and the Barracuda Next-Gen Firewall. OMS (Operations Management Suite) is designed to provide a range of features: provide immediate insights across workloads; operational intelligence when it matters to explore, analyze, and take action to respond faster to security threats; help deliver continuous IT services and remediate issues quickly at scale; and ensure availability of apps and data. Barracuda firewalls feed logs into OMS so the intelligence our firewalls capture about data movement, security, and management can be included in OMS’ larger view of the customer’s Azure infrastructure.

[Read more…] about OMS and Azure Security Center – either, or both?

Rich Turner

Rich is the Product Marketing Manager, Information Management. He's been with Barracuda since the acquisition of C2C Systems in 2014. Rich specializes in cloud-deployed solutions, information management, and archiving systems. His experience includes extensive work on OEM opportunities and the legal community.

If you'd like to get in touch with Rich, you can connect with him on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter.

You can email Rich at rturner@barracuda.com.

Filed Under: Barracuda Tagged With: Barracuda, Public Cloud Solutions, Cloud Ready, Expert Commentary

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