Over 3,000 email accounts were sent phishing email through a compromised Constant Contact account belonging to USAID. Continue reading
Malware Protection
Cybersecurity requires a more balanced approach to remediation
It’s up to IT teams to clean up after a data breach, but most organizations don’t have the processes in place to take on that challenge.Continue reading
e-book: Threat Spotlight: Protecting your business in 2021
Beware of rapidly-emerging cybersecurity threats. Cybercriminals are morphing their attack techniques, using a range of new tactics to try to increase their success.Continue reading
Threat Spotlight: New InterPlanetary Storm variant targeting IoT devices
The cybercriminal organization behind the InterPlanetary Storm malware has released a new variant into the wild, now targeting Mac and Android devices in addition to Windows and Linux machines.Continue reading
Threat Spotlight: Malicious use of reCaptcha
In the never-ending battle between cybersecurity and cybercrime, cybercriminals continue to find new techniques to evade detection. One such trick Barracuda researchers have started seeing more often in phishing campaigns uses reCaptcha walls to block URL scanning services from accessing the content of phishing pages.Continue reading
Threat Spotlight: Coronavirus-related phishing
Barracuda researchers have seen a steep increase in the number of COVID-19-related spear-phishing attacks since February, and there are a few steps to take to protect yourself from these attacks.Continue reading
The evolution of the bot: How they beat me to AC/DC tickets
New types of fourth-generation bots use more advanced, human-like interaction which allows the bots to be distributed across tens of thousands of IP addresses.Continue reading
3 threats to watch in 2020
Cybercriminals are launching more attacks than ever and adapting their techniques to trick more victims and make more money. In 2019, they unleashed a variety of new types of attacks and used a range of new tactics to try to increase their success.Continue reading