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170908September 08, 2017 | How Equifax hackers might use your Social Security number to pretend they’re you Amid the numbing drumbeat of high-profile hacks in recent years, the one reported Thursday by Equifax stands out for its seriousness and its power to spark widespread consumer rage. The key is that the Social Security numbers of up to 143 million people may have been compromised. Social Security numbers have been exposed in some cybersecurity incidents — such as the Office of Personnel Management and Sony Pictures hacks — but not in many others, such as the massive breaches at Target, JP Morgan Chase and Yahoo. |
2017/09 - September |
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170905September 05, 2017 | VeloCloud Takes Aim at Moving Target of SD-WAN Security SD-WAN supplier VeloCloud announced last week the expansion of its SD-WAN Security Technology Partner Program to include new members Palo Alto Networks Inc. , Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) and Forcepoint. But as an industry analyst points out, this is a work in progress and there are several notable networking security companies that aren't on the list. (See VeloCloud Expands SD-WAN Security Ecosystem.) |
2017/09 - September |
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170901September 01, 2017 | Crypto-Ransomware Targets 20 Million Inboxes Security researchers are warning of another major crypto-ransomware campaign which has so far been observed attacking 20 million user inboxes. The threat, discovered in the second half of this week, arrives as many similar ransomware attacks do in the form of an unsolicited email. |
2017/09 - September |
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170901September 01, 2017 | Major ransomware attack hits healthcare and other industries A major ransomware attack is now underway against multiple industries, including healthcare, according to data security and disaster recovery vendor Barracuda Networks. |
2017/09 - September |
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170901September 01, 2017 | Major ransomware attack hits healthcare and other industries A major ransomware attack is now underway against multiple industries, including healthcare, according to data security and disaster recovery vendor Barracuda Networks. |
2017/09 - September |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Major malspam campaign pushing ransomware via spoofed internal email addresses A large malspam campaign using spoofed email addresses has attempted to infect recipients with Locky ransomware in roughly 20 million detected attacks since Tuesday, researchers from Barracuda Networks have reported. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Scary multistage phishing attacks target Office 365 enterprise users Hackers are targeting Office 365 users in a multistage phishing campaign that attempts to gain access to accounts that can then be used to cause further damage within a targeted enterprise. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Office 365 account compromise attempts on the rise Office 365, Microsoft’s software-as-a-service productivity software suite popular with corporate users, is increasingly becoming attackers’ preferred way into business networks, Barracuda researchers warn. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Damage control: Recruiting talent when your brand has been tarnished In an ever-increasing war for talent, recruiters are working hard to sell employers' brands. A company's reputation can affect whether candidates accept job offers, or even apply in the first place. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Cybersecurity firm warns of 20 million active ransomware attempts in last 24 hours The aggressive attack uses impersonation and advanced threats to trick email recipients into downloading an attachment labeled ‘payment,’ which will encrypt an organization’s files. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Office 365 Users Increasingly Targeted by Credential-Stealing Phishing Campaigns The ubiquity of Microsoft’s Office 365 is making it a favorite target of cyber criminals, who are devising increasingly elaborate counterfeit email and website templates to steal user credentials and launch attacks from within organizations. |
2017/08 - August |
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170831August 31, 2017 | Barracuda embraces Amazon S3 cloud for DRBarracuda now offers customers the choice of storing data either in Amazon S3 or its own cloud as it builds out its disaster recovery services. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | Warning of Potential Hurricane Harvey Phishing Scams US-CERT warned users to remain vigilant for malicious cyberactivity centered around Hurricane Harvey including exercising caution with any storm-related emails, attachments, or hyperlinks, even those appearing to originate from trusted sources. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | Office 365 is Prime Target for Spear-Phishing A Barracuda report released Aug. 30 said that bad actors are using spear-phishing, account compromise, and insider impersonation to target Office 365 users. Both Federal and state governments use Office 365 for reasons such as cost savings, security, privacy, and accessibility. The State of New York saved $3 million a year when it adopted Office 365 and the city of Chicago experienced an 80 percent decrease in cost per employee. Microsoft also restricts content so it’s only shared with intended users, and contains tools to make its technology accessible to people who are visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | Sophisticated phishing attacks target Office 365 With over 100 million monthly subscribers, it's not surprising that Office 365 is a popular target when it comes to attempting to steal credentials. A new report from Barracuda Networks looks at how phishers are sending out authentic-looking emails purporting to be from Microsoft asking users to reactivate their accounts. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | With over 100 million monthly subscribers, it's not surprising that Office 365 is a popular target when it comes to attempting to steal credentials. A new report from Barracuda Networks looks at how phishers are sending out authentic-looking emails purporting to be from Microsoft asking users to reactivate their accounts. Cybercriminals are targeting account login credentials of Microsoft Office 365, with its more than 100 million monthly active subscribers, to ultimately launch attacks from within organization, including financial institutions. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | The CyberWire: 8.30.17 Threat Spotlight: Office 365 Account Compromise — the New “Insider Threat” (Barracuda Networks)Microsoft Office 365 has become so ubiquitous—with more than 100 million monthly active subscribers—that it’s almost become part of our identities particularly inside the network with emails circulating internally. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | Office 365: A Vehicle for Internal Phishing Attacks Cybercriminals go where the users are. Office 365, which has more than 100 million active monthly subscribers, has become a hotspot for compelling and personalized cyberattacks. Users trust emails from coworkers, especially those with the correct corporate email address. |
2017/08 - August |
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170830August 30, 2017 | Office 365 Campaign Attacks Companies from Within Microsoft Office 365, which has more than 100 million monthly active subscribers—is the target of a widespread credential-harvesting campaign, where attackers attempt to steal logins and ultimately launch attacks from within an organization. |
2017/08 - August |
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170825August 25, 2017 | Mimecast Looks To Push All SMB Sales Through Channel, Readies New Program Launch On the heels of strong partner growth, Mimecast says it is working to move all of its SMB business through the channel and its readying the launch of a refreshed partner program. |
2017/08 - August |
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170823August 23, 2017 | 7 Ways Your Work Tech Is Betraying Your Privacy Have you ever wondered if your boss can see what you're doing on your computer all day? The answer is yes – and you might be surprised by what your supervisors can see. |
2017/08 - August |
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170821August 21, 2017 | CRN Exclusive: ClearCenter Plans To Invest Up To $50M In Partner Ecosystem Under Channel Vet, HPE Alum Raddon On the heels of strong partner growth, Mimecast says it is working to move all of its SMB business through the channel and its readying the launch of a refreshed partner program. |
2017/08 - August |
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170818August 18, 2017 | New infosec products of the week: August 18, 2017 Barracuda Backup is an integrated end-to-end solution that provides customers, resellers, and MSPs with the ability to replicate to their own AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket – giving them the ability to choose where their data resides while also affording them control over their replicated backup data |
2017/08 - August |
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170818August 18, 2017 | Network security in the IoT age Network security is seeing a key moment as more and more devices continued to be added to corporate networks in the age of mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT). |
2017/08 - August |
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170817August 17, 2017 | Real Online Profile or Dangerous Scam? HR Beware HR recruiters must be vigilant against a new, more targeted type of cyberattack, such as a recent incident involving a phony LinkedIn profile. HR is particularly vulnerable because it has access to employees’ private information, like their W-2s. Cybercriminals are moving from mass attacks—"spamming and hoping” that some minuscule percentage of email recipients will open the fake emails—to “spearfishing,” a more specific approach, Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security services at Campbell, Calif.-based Barracuda Networks, told Bloomberg BNA |
2017/08 - August |
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170815August 15, 2017 | Barracuda Networks Extends Backup Reach to AWS Aiming to provide IT organizations with a maximum amount of flexibility when it comes to backup and recovery, Barracuda Networks today announced it can now replicate data into Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud via a physical or virtual Barracuda appliance running Barracuda Backup software. |
2017/08 - August |
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170815August 15, 2017 | Barracuda Backup Can Now Be Replicated To AWS Today Barracuda Networks, Inc. announced that its Barracuda Backup can now replicate data securely and efficiently to AWS. This works for data that resides on either physical or virtual backup appliance. This gives customers more flexibility in their choice of replication targets and is especially beneficial to customers of both Barracuda and Amazon. |
2017/08 - August |
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170815August 15, 2017 | Barracuda Expands Data Protecton Solutions with Replication to AWS Barracuda Networks, a provider of cloud-enabled security and data protectionsolutions, has added the ability to replicate data from either an on-premises physical or virtual backup appliance to AWS. The new feature provides customers, resellers, and MSPs with greater flexibility and choice to protect their data from data loss and potential disasters, including security threats like ransomware. |
2017/08 - August |
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170815August 15, 2017 | Barracuda Adds New Feature to Backup Tool, Now Supports Replication to AWS Barracuda Networks just unveiled a new feature; clients using Barracuda Backup can now replicate data securely to the Amazon Web Services cloud (AWS). The data set to be replicated can be on-prem or on a virtual backup appliance, according to the release. |
2017/08 - August |
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170807August 07, 2017 | Google Engineer Fired After Memo Criticizing Company's Diversity Programs: Reports A Google engineer ignited a firestorm of controversy this weekend after writing and releasing an internal memo criticizing the tech company's diversity programs. Scott Budman reports. Features interview with Barracuda SVP & CMO Erin Hintz. |
2017/08 - August |
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170807August 07, 2017 | Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings And Retirings — August 7, 2017 Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) security executive, Tim Jefferson was brought on as Barracuda’s new VP of Cloud to help develop the company’s cloud business. |
2017/08 - August |
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170804August 04, 2017 | 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: July 2017 Erin Hintz, formerly the chief marketing officer of Urban Airship, has joined Barracuda as CMO and senior vice president. |
2017/08 - August |
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170803August 03, 2017 | The 5 Most Popular Business Technologies in 2017 Barracuda mentioned as a leader in online backup. Article Excerpt - I include this technology for two reasons: one is that it's shockingly inexpensive and two because it is probably your most effective defense against Ransomware, the malware of the year. |
2017/08 - August |
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170802August 02, 2017 | Anatomy of Mortgage Spear-Phishing Campaigns In a new report, phishing experts at Campbell, Calif.-based Barracuda Sentinel dissected a recent incident where an attacker attempted to interfere with a mortgage closure. |
2017/08 - August |
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170731July 31, 2017 | Mortgage Phishing Scams Target Big Payouts Barracuda Networks has described a real-life example that, in this instance, failed. "On the day that the buyers were set to wire funds, they received an email from their mortgage company stating that they switched banks, and to follow the updated wiring instructions in the email attachment." |
2017/07 - July |
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170731July 31, 2017 | Cyber criminals target mortgage transactions as they phish for a big catch Security specialist Barracuda Networks has released an analysis of a recent mortgage spear phishing attempt where an attacker attempted to divert a payment. |
2017/07 - July |
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170727July 27, 2017 | Beat Ransomware with Data Protection and Recovery Security provider Barracuda recently completed a survey of professionals in the IT space who are focused on data protection and recovery. This couldn’t come at a better time given the recent uptick in the popularity of ransomware. According to the vendor, the results were “alarming.” |
2017/07 - July |
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170726July 26, 2017 | The 10 Coolest Enterprise Cloud Storage Offerings In 2017 (So Far) Barracuda Backup LiveBoot 2.0 Barracuda, Campbell, Calif., in March unveiled Barracuda Backup LiveBoot 2.0, an expansion of its Cloud LiveBoot offering that now includes the ability to rapidly spin up Microsoft Hyper-V environments in the Barracuda Cloud while reducing boot times to help minimize downtime in VMware vSphere and Hyper-V environments. |
2017/07 - July |
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170723July 23, 2017 | ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of July 17th 81.2 percent of businesses don’t test their data protection strategies more than once per year and about half that number don’t test them ever, according to Barracuda Networks. |
2017/07 - July |
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170721July 21, 2017 | Survey: People using recycle bin for backup "There are a number of definitions for "data protection," but the important thing to remember is that it involves much more than simply running a backup. Proper data protection is included in security planning - it includes business continuity and disaster recovery planning, as well as the many security practices involved in preventing unauthorized access. Comprehensive data recovery involves data availability AND data accessibility at all times," said Rod Mathews, SVP and GM of data protection, Barracuda. |
2017/07 - July |
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170721July 21, 2017 | Microsoft Readying Release of AI Bug Finder for Developers Nowadays, it's not unusual for technology companies to apply AI techniques to detect security threats that affect corporate networks and their users. For example, Barracuda's new Sentinel service uses AI to unmask targeted spear phishing attempts. |
2017/07 - July |
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170719July 19, 2017 | Most Office 365 Admins Rely on Recycle Bin for Data Backup "The Microsoft Recycle Bin is a nice feature, but its job is to help the organization safeguard against accidental data loss," says Rod Mathews, SVP and general manager of data protection at Barracuda Networks. "It's not meant to be a data recovery solution." |
2017/07 - July |
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170719July 19, 2017 | Today's channel rundown - 19 July 2017 "A very high percentage of IT pros don't regularly test their data protection strategies - if at all" states Barracuda Networks |
2017/07 - July |
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170719July 19, 2017 | Why cyberattacks should keep CFOs up at night "In the last couple of years, cybersecurity has become more of a financial issue, and has a larger financial impact on victims of attacks than previously," said Dustin Driggs, CFO of Barracuda Network. |
2017/07 - July |
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170719July 19, 2017 | Data Recovery in the Age of Ransomware Earlier this year, the world recognized World Backup Day (WBD) as a reminder to everyone that data is important and has to be protected. As part of the WBD recognition, Barracuda ran a series of blog posts on the reasons why companies lose data even when they do almost everything right. |
2017/07 - July |
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170718July 18, 2017 | Barracuda Networks Enhances API to Advance DevSecOps Recognizing that DevOps teams deploying applications in the cloud need a more sophisticated approach to security, Barracuda Networks at the Microsoft Inspire 2017 conference unveiled an enhanced REST API for its Web Application Firewall (WAF), in addition to providing integration with the IT automation framework developed by Puppet Labs. |
2017/07 - July |
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170717July 17, 2017 | Barracuda Announces NextGen Firewall Enhancements Last week, Barracuda announced enhancements to their firewall products that will expedite customers’ adoption of Microsoft Azure and enable increased automation. |
2017/07 - July |
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170715July 15, 2017 | 10 Hot Products At Microsoft Inspire Barracuda Networks showed off its product for Office 365 security, backup, archiving and discovery -- Essentials For Office 365 -- during Inspire 2017. |
2017/07 - July |
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170714July 14, 2017 | Hackers are penetrating U.S. nuclear facilities In a "nightmare scenario," according to Barracuda Networks Vice President Asaf Cidon, since a cyber attack on a nuclear plant could "heavily disrupt a critical infrastructure with a click of a mouse." |
2017/07 - July |
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170714July 14, 2017 | Barracuda Integrates Firewalls with Microsoft Operations Management Suite Barracuda Networks Inc. has integrated its NextGen Firewall (NGF) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) products with Microsoft’s Operations Management Suite. |
2017/07 - July |
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170714July 14, 2017 | Cybersecurity Companies Ranked by Bay Area cybersecurity employees We rank the Greater Bay Area's largest cybersecurity companies by the size of their local cybersecurity workforce. |
2017/07 - July |
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170711July 11, 2017 | Enhanced firewall integrates with Azure and DevOps tools Cloud security specialist Barracuda Networks is announcing enhancements to its firewall products to help customers speed up Microsoft Azure adoption and become cloud ready. |
2017/07 - July |
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170709July 09, 2017 | Cybersecurity firm Edge Networks works to keep computer systems stable It’s an industry that’s constantly changing, said Asaf Cidon, an executive with the firm Barracuda Networks, which has a small presence in Vancouver. “It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” he said. |
2017/07 - July |
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170706July 06, 2017 | Spear Phishing Attacks Need To Be Given The Attention They Deserve Ransomware has dominated the headlines in recent months, but Barracuda’s SVP of security argues that spear phishing should be receiving the attention. |
2017/07 - July |
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170704July 04, 2017 | One big trend: A media wake-up call "A large part of this too comes from the fact that media companies are not at all prepared for these threats and the impact isn't always obvious until it's too late," says Asaf Cidon, vice president of cybersecurity firm Barracuda networks. |
2017/07 - July |
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170703July 03, 2017 | Ad Roundup: Releases to protect, engage consumers "Spear phishing is rampant. It's no longer just the large enterprises or C-suite that need to be on high alert--everyone is a target," said Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security services at Barracuda Networks. |
2017/07 - July |
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170629June 29, 2017 | Barracuda Networks launches AI-driven ‘spear phishing’ protection platform Cloud-focused cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks Inc. is taking artificial intelligence to the world of phishing protection with a new product that promises to provide real-time spear phishing and cyberfraud defense. |
2017/06 - June |
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170629June 29, 2017 | Barracuda Sentinel Uses AI to Detect Spear Phishing Attacks "Our team from Sookasa has been working on communication and content security which led lead us to this new product, Barracuda Sentinel," Cidon told eWEEK. "Sentinel leverages a lot of the work we had already done using the APIs of cloud services." |
2017/06 - June |
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170629June 29, 2017 | Barracuda Launches AI-based Spear Phishing Detection Barracuda Networks this week announced its new Sentinel product: an artificial intelligence (AI) powered spear-phishing and business email compromise (BEC) realtime detection and prevention solution. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | Barracuda Uses AI to Defend Against Spear Phishing and Cyber Fraud Barracuda has developed a new solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to emulate having a security professional make those decisions and guard against real-time spear phishing and cyber fraud attacks. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | Barracuda Launches Comprehensive Anti-Spear Phishing Solution Barracuda Networks Inc. has rolled out a new cloud-based solution designed to provide comprehensive protection against business email compromise (BEC) scams and other forms of spear phishing. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | 5 Channel Partner Updates: 28 June 2017 Barracuda Sentinel, an AI solution for real-time spear phishing and cyber fraud defense. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | Barracuda Announces AI Spear Phishing Defense Service Barracuda Networks on June 28 announced the release of Barracuda Sentinel, an artificial intelligence-based solution to the increasingly targeted spear phishing campaigns experienced by all sizes of government and industry. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | Barracuda unveils AI-driven tech to combat spear-phishing Barracuda Sentinel is delivered as a cloud service and includes APIs to link to various applications, including Microsoft Office 365 and a variety of social media outlets to defend against impersonation attempts, business email compromise and cyber fraud.More than 90 percent of cyberattacks and resulting breaches in 2016 stemmed from a spear-phishing email, according to PhishMe's 2016 Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility and Resiliency report. |
2017/06 - June |
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170628June 28, 2017 | Barracuda Networks Debuts AI-Based Security Product Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-based security solutions, has introduced Barracuda Sentinel, a tool to fight spear phishing and cyber fraud. |
2017/06 - June |
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170627June 27, 2017 | Cyberattackers Kick Down a Few Parliament Email Doors The United Kingdom's Parliament on Monday reported a cyber attack on its email system over the weekend, when hackers attempted to access user accounts without authorization. "They used a brute force attack to find users on the system with weak passwords," said Asaf Cidon, vice president for content security services at Barracuda Networks. |
2017/06 - June |
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170623June 23, 2017 | New social media scams: Can you tell friend from foe? "Hackers can use social media to infect someone within an organization, then sit on the network and monitor their internal communications," says Asaf Cidon, VP of content security services at Barracuda Networks.. |
2017/06 - June |
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170623June 23, 2017 | Organizations still unclear on cloud security responsibility “This report highlights the ongoing increase in public cloud use globally, with many organizations seeing substantial process and financial benefits. However, there are still a significant number of organizations that are not clear on the shared security model and the implication to their data and applications,” said Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security at Barracuda, Hatem Naguib. |
2017/06 - June |
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170622June 22, 2017 | Barracuda report discloses cloud use continuing to grow, but organizations are unclear on cloud security responsibility Barracuda Networks announced Thursday key findings from a new global research report, “Unlocking the Benefits of Public Cloud.” |
2017/06 - June |
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170622June 22, 2017 | Cloud Security Lessons from the RNC Leak Many businesses are struggling with who is responsible for securing cloud-based data. A new survey from Barracuda Networks discovered 71% of IT decision-makers feel cloud providers are responsible for customer data in the public cloud, and 66% believe cloud providers are responsible for their applications in the public cloud. |
2017/06 - June |
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170622June 22, 2017 | The CyberWire Daily Podcast for 06.22.17 WannaCry's affects Honda manufacturing and the Australian state of Victoria's traffic cameras. North America and Europe work to secure their grids against CrashOverride and Asaf Cidon from Barracuda Networks on the increased threat from ransomware. |
2017/06 - June |
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170621June 21, 2017 | The real reason Amazon killed off unlimited cloud storage in Drive Amazon recently discontinued their unlimited storage plan for the Drive product intended for individual users. Here's why other cloud vendors such as BitCasa and Barracuda keep following the same pattern. |
2017/06 - June |
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170621June 21, 2017 | Tech Trek grows with Ann Arbor job opportunities and creative spaces At Barracuda Networks, Jeff Jager of Grand Rapids tried a scratch-style pseudo coding exercise, "I just want to learn more about what's going on in the Ann Arbor tech community," said Jager, who moved away from Ann Arbor during the recession and is looking to return. "It's amazing how much has happened." |
2017/06 - June |
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170620June 20, 2017 | Spear-phishing hackers turn to junior staff when execs master security basics “CXOs may be protected by extensive cybersecurity training; on the other hand, gatekeepers, such as administrative assistants, who screen and filter through incoming requests, calls and e-mails before escalating to the top, often are moving quickly and have not received the security education required to filter out phishing attacks on their own,” said Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security services at cybersecurity vendor Barracuda Networks |
2017/06 - June |
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170614June 14, 2017 | Following These 6 Tips Will Help You Avoid a Macro Phishing Attack So the question becomes, what can small businesses do to avoid falling victims to these attacks? Small Business Trends talked with Mike Van Pelt, threat analysis engineer at the Barracuda Networks in San Francisco. |
2017/06 - June |
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170613June 13, 2017 | 76% of Ransomware Attacks Strike Via Email According to a survey from Barracuda, phishing—and particularly spear phishing—has become a lucrative art. The attackers also do not discriminate based on company size. Email remains one of the most widely used business communications tools. |
2017/06 - June |
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170612June 12, 2017 | Ransomware Likely use Ponzi Scheme to Double the Malicious Attack Asaf Cidon, who studies ransomware and a vice president at the security company Barracuda Networks, said that criminals become sophisticated, particularly in choosing their victims. Hackers attack a specific department of the company. |
2017/06 - June |
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170609June 09, 2017 | How hackers are changing tactics to cash in on attacks Employees and the executives above them have gotten smarter, but so have the attackers, says Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security services at Barracuda Networks |
2017/06 - June |
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170608June 08, 2017 | Don't Take the Bait: Tip to Avoid Getting Phished "Phishing and spear-phishing are becoming the next big thing in security and it's the natural evolution of how hackers operate," said Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security services at Barracuda Networks. |
2017/06 - June |
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170608June 08, 2017 | 10 Best-Selling Network Security Brands In Q1 2017 Barracuda Networks landed in the No. 10 spot for network security brands in Q1, selling 713 units in the quarter. |
2017/06 - June |
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170608June 08, 2017 | Global SaaS-based IT security Market Size, Status and Forecast 2022 This report studies the global SaaS-based IT security market, analyzes and researches the SaaS-based IT security development status and forecast in United States, EU, Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia. It analyzes top players in the market, like Barracuda |
2017/06 - June |
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170607June 07, 2017 | The employees at-risk for phishing schemes "Administrative assistants are often granted access to sensitive information and credentials for senior employees to streamline business processes. For this reason, attackers pinpoint admins to obtain personal information and credentials that can be used to enter a network," said Asaf Cidon, VP Content Security Servicess, Barracuda. |
2017/06 - June |
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170607June 07, 2017 | Cloud Players: Who’s Who in the Government Market An examination of the industry’s big players in the state and local government market, such as Barracuda Networks |
2017/06 - June |
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170606June 06, 2017 | Ponzi Scheme Meets Ransomware for a Doubly Malicious Attack Asaf Cidon, a vice president at the security company Barracuda Networks who studies ransomware, said that criminals had become more sophisticated in the last year, especially in how they choose their victims. |
2017/06 - June |
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170606June 06, 2017 | Barracuda Expands MSP Offerings Barracuda Networks on Tuesday announced two new MSP professional service offerings – Barracuda NextGen Firewall – Intronis MSP Edition, and Barracuda Backup – Intronis MSP Edition, for MSPs looking to expand their monitoring and management services. |
2017/06 - June |
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170606June 06, 2017 | Barracuda expands MSP Professional Services offerings The new services for MSPs are around the Barracuda NextGen Firewall and Barracuda Backup Appliance, with the firewall service thought likely to generate the most demand. |
2017/06 - June |
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170606June 06, 2017 | Barracuda Unveils NextGen Firewall, Backup Appliance Services for MSPs Barracuda Networks has launched NextGen Firewall and Backup Appliance professional services for MSPs. The new professional services are designed to help MSPs streamline security and data protection, the company indicated. |
2017/06 - June |
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170606June 06, 2017 | Ann Arbor SPARK's A2 Tech Trek 2017 It’s exciting to watch the level of engagement from both the companies and the community, and to see people of all ages inspired by the thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem here.”Participants will start at one of three check-in locations – Ann Arbor SPARK Central Innovation Center, Barracuda Networks, or Bank of Ann Arbor - where they can pick up a map and begin the A2 Tech Trek |
2017/06 - June |
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170605June 05, 2017 | Expert: Phishers no longer only looking at execs Asaf Cidon, VP Content Security Servicess, Barracuda: Roughly 91% of attacks start with a targeted email breach. With the volume and sophistication of email breaches on the rise, almost every function within an organization should be on high alert. |
2017/06 - June |
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170605June 05, 2017 | Barracuda Networks Plans $2.3 Million Expansion and Hiring Spree Barracuda Networks, the publicly traded cybersecurity giant, is growing—and has chosen once more to expand in Ann Arbor, MI. |
2017/06 - June |
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170605June 05, 2017 | Ann Arbor SPARK's Tech Trek 2017 has a new twist More than 70 companies are set to welcome curious visitors during Ann Arbor SPARK's Tech Trek, with this year's event debuting TED Talk-style speakers. Check-in locations include:
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2017/06 - June |
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170605June 05, 2017 | Ann Arbor 'Tech Trek' will put Michigan's 'Silicon Valley' on display San Francisco? Too far. Boston? Too cold. New York? Too crowded. That's how techies are promoting the homegrown Ann Arbor Tech Trek. The check-in locations are SPARK Central Innovation Center, 330 E. Liberty St.; Barracuda Networks, 317 Maynard; and Bank of Ann Arbor, 125 S 5th Ave. |
2017/06 - June |
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170601June 01, 2017 | Beginner's Corner May Threat Spotlight. BARRACUDA BLOG: By now most of us know that when we receive an email with an Office document, not to just click on it without further thought. This post describes why phishers and other criminals design these attachments with active content so they can compromise our PCs. |
2017/06 - June |
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170531May 31, 2017 | CyberWire: Daily Briefings May 31, 2017 May Threat Spotlight Threat Spotlight: “Enable Macros” Phishing Attack (Barracuda) As if we didn’t know that ransomware was bad news — we learned just how big of an epidemic this stuff is becoming with the WannaCry attack earlier this month. The scope of this particular attack was truly astonishing, reaching hundreds of thousands of users in over 150 countries worldwide |
2017/05 - May |
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170525May 25, 2017 | Cloud security best practice: Security as a service or cloud security tooling? A recent survey on cloud security and cloud adoption found that the single biggest impediment to moving to the public cloud was continued concerns around security. When tooling the security of the environment relies solely on the team configuring the appliances. Virtual security appliance vendors include Barracuda, Fortinet, Blue Coat and Cisco. |
2017/05 - May |
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170525May 25, 2017 | News-By-Mail May 19, 2017 ~ May 25, 2017 Barracuda has announced the expansion of its cloud ready program. |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Review: Barracuda Message Archiver 350 Keeps Your Email Safe and Sound Lost email is never a problem with a Message Archiver on the job, preventing accidental deletions and enforcing compliance requirements. Even after a user deleted an email on her desktop, it was still available through the Archiver 350. The Barracuda appliance also works with cloud-based email, such as Office 365 and Google Apps. |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Barracuda Networks Looks to Ease Cloud Security Fears The biggest objection when it comes to public cloud computing is security. Many organizations are still simply not comfortable hosting workloads on IT infrastructure they don’t own. Michael Hughes, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Barracuda Networks, says that while public cloud infrastructure providers secure their infrastructure, it’s up to the IT organization to secure the applications that run on those clouds. |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Barracuda Releases Free Public Cloud Network and Application Security Solutions for AWS and Azure Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, has announced the expansion of its Cloud Ready program to offer any organization a free 90-day cloud license for Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Barracuda NextGen Firewall on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure (Azure). |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Are you cloud ready? As my colleague recently noted, some workloads are destined for the cloud, while others are best suited to remain on-premises. Barracuda has an answer for it all. |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Russia’s efforts to ‘destabilise western democracy’ increase cyber insecurity Wieland Alge, general manager for Emea at security provider Barracuda Networks, agrees that hacking by Chinese state groups has “massively” reduced. “Ten years ago China did not have much to lose so they took a lot of risks stealing intellectual property and engaging in corporate espionage.” |
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170524May 24, 2017 | Barracuda to fill downtown Ann Arbor office with 115 new hires span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Barracuda Networks span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">has plans to add staff and completely fill its downtown Ann Arbor office space in its newest wave of expansion. |
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170523May 23, 2017 | Today's channel rundown - 23 May 2017 Daily tech news and analysis channel partners need to know now, including Apple-Nokia's peace, ClearSky Data's partner program, Barracuda's free license and more. |
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170523May 23, 2017 | Watch live: Cisco’s software play targets developers at inaugural event This month also saw Cisco and NetApp Inc. join forces to invest millions into Datos IO Inc., a data management and protection platform that is just three years old. Despite being a young startup, which launched its data recovery product in June, Datos IO has managed to attract some big customers, including Ayla Networks Inc., Barracuda Networks Inc., eBay Inc. and OpenTable Inc. |
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170522May 22, 2017 | 5 Channel Partner Updates: 22 May 2017 Good morning, channel partners. Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Monday, May 22, 2017. (3. Talent – Cybersecurity: Barracuda Networks Inc.plans to hire about 115 people in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company was founded by Dean Drako, a University of Michigan graduate.) |
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170520May 20, 2017 | 'This is not cyber crime - it's WAR' Expert warns hackers exploiting THIS common mistake Sanjay Ramnath, Vice President, Security Products and Business Strategy at Barracuda, said attacks are being more sophisticated. He said: “When they have information on you that is when it is dangerous. They can customise an attack specifically for you. They are extremely sophisticated. Setting your password, as ‘password’ is also a huge no-go." |
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170519May 19, 2017 | California tech company looking to expand, fill 115 jobs in Ann Arbor Barracuda Networks has announced plans to hire 115 new employees over the next four years as part of the company's next expansion phase in Ann Arbor. |
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170518May 18, 2017 | UpVote episode 4: the NHS cyberattack – how, why, and who's to blame The political blame game over the NHS cyberattack has already started. But should the NHS, Microsoft or the NSA take responsibility? To find out, we met up with two of leading cybersecurity experts: Hatem Naguib, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security at Barracuda, and Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee/Intel. |
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170518May 18, 2017 | UpVote: The NHS ransomware attack—how, why, and who’s to blame The political blame game over the NHS ransomware attack has already started. But should the NHS, Microsoft, or the NSA take responsibility? To find out, we met up with two leading infosec experts: Hatem Naguib, senior vice president of security at Barracuda, and Raj Samani, chief scientist at McAfee/Inte |
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170517May 17, 2017 | WannaCry ransomware attack shows value of data backups WannaCry and other ransomware attacks can be thwarted, but it takes proper data protection practices beforehand, as well as close monitoring of your data. Protection vendors, such as Unitrends, Zerto, Commvault, Acronis, Barracuda, Infrascale, Asigra, Druva and Datto, have been adding features they say will protect against ransomware |
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170517May 17, 2017 | Six Picks to Fight Ransomware Proofpoint, FireEye, Barracuda, Check Point, Symantec and CommVault can all help protect enterprises. |
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170516May 16, 2017 | WannaCry ransomware worm attacks the world According to the research team at Barracuda Networks, once this malware gets into a network, it is infecting Windows systems via a vulnerability in SMB file sharing. |
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170515May 15, 2017 | Worldwide Cyberattack Cripples Computers Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies. "Barracuda has been able to slow it down... the security company has beem finding and deleting the ransomware" |
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170515May 15, 2017 | Cybersecurity stocks jump after major 'WannaCry' attack CNBC analyzed the last 15 major cyberattacks using analytics tool Kensho. A week following the hacks, shares of Barracuda Networks, F5 Networks, and Fortinet posted the biggest average gains. |
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170515May 15, 2017 | 3 steps to better security in the API economy "From a technology perspective, an API is just an instruction for an existing system," says Neeraj Khandelwal, senior product manager at Barracuda Networks. "From a business perspective, it is a way of delivering value." |
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170513May 13, 2017 | Global WannaCry, WannaCrypt Ransomware Cyberattack: 5 Prevention Steps, 3 Recovery Steps Ransomware mitigation should be part of an overall business continuity plan. In terms of technology, companies and partners should seek to connect the dots between IT security, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity. Several vendors (particularly Barracuda Networks and Datto) are connecting the dots between their backup and security offerings. |
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170511May 11, 2017 | SMBs: The Perfect Ransomware Targets Ransomware is an epidemic, laments Hatem Naguib, senior vice president and general manager of Security at Barracuda Networks. |
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170511May 11, 2017 | Nearly 50% of Organizations are Victims of Ransomware Attacks The study, by Barracuda Networks, also reveals that 92% of people surveyed are concerned about the threat of ransomware striking their organization |
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170510May 10, 2017 | Nearly half of organizations victims of ransomware attacks Ransomware attacks continue to be on the rise, with 47 percent of organizations now saying they suffered a ransomware incident in the past 12 months, but these attacks are also becoming more sophisticated and potentially destructive. |
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170509May 09, 2017 | Microsoft Office: The ubiquitous software that few trust to protect their data Barracuda survey finds the bulk of users are relying on third parties to safeguard their files. |
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170509May 09, 2017 | Against a Rising Tide, Most Mid-market Orgs Aren't Ready for Ransomware In a survey from Barracuda Networks with a focus on small- and medium-sized businesses, 92% of people surveyed said they are concerned about ransomware hitting their organization—and nearly half, or 47%, of respondents had been victims of ransomware already |
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170509May 09, 2017 | Ransomware remains profitable as 47 percent fall victim to attacks "The impact of these attacks is far reaching. It's not just your hard-earned money that is at risk, it's also your reputation, viability, and jobs," says Hatem Naguib, SVP and general manager security at Barracuda. |
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170509May 09, 2017 | Cyber Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities Ransomware: The epidemic of our time (Barracuda) Every few years or so, a new threat surfaces and becomes the attackers’ “go-to” method of attack. |
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170508May 08, 2017 | Three Phases of a Ransomware Attack The infection phase. This phase begins when the ransomware process is executed in the network, and it often uses a different method of attack than the delivery. For an example, take a look at the Airline Phishing Scam Barracuda uncovered in March covered in the March |
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170508May 08, 2017 | Time to make your CEO watch Mr Robot What would happen if a hacker wipes out every single data stored in all data centres worldwide? Protect yourself with Barracuda products. |
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170505May 05, 2017 | WTF – Who’s The Firewall? A year ago, we met here in the same place and at the same opportunity and asked ourselves the WTF question: "Where's The Firewall?" The answer at the time was in short: everywhere. Also features art from Barracuda. |
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170505May 05, 2017 | Dealing with Phishing and Ransomware the Right Way Osterman Research commissioned by Barracuda Networks anticipates that both phishing and ransomware attacks will continue to increase as they have for the past several years. |
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170504May 04, 2017 | Hacking the UK general election might be possible but 'highly unlikely' Any tampering of the UK General Election would likely be by insiders rather than foreign governments, with localised impact unlikely to affect national outcomes, experts agree. As Wieland Alge, general manager EMEA at Barracuda Networks explains, there are three typical flavours of digital election manipulation: "Defacing websites or attacking email systems, stealing and publishing data, and direct anti-campaigning. The latter usually achieved through the clever use of social network capabilities and the creation of fake news." |
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170504May 04, 2017 | Massive Google Docs Hack Spreading - How to Spot the Scam, Fix Your Account "Even the most trusted source for digital assets (document repositories, photo buckets and shares) can be spoofed and used against you and your loved ones. Granting access to your data should always be a proactive process that you are performing. Responding to emails, pop-ups and other digital forms to grant access is an extremely risky thing to do," said Fleming Shi, SVP, Advanced Technology Engineering at Barracuda Networks. |
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170503May 03, 2017 | Barracuda Finds Tax Return Scam A Continued Threat Tax season is coming to an end, but tax-related scams are not slowing down. In fact, sometimes tax fraud can be even more successful after tax day. |
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170503May 03, 2017 | Barracuda protects industrial IoT with network-based firewall Industrial IoT systems using open communication protocols could be vulnerable to attacks through TCP Port 502. |
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170503May 03, 2017 | Email Archiving Strategies Barracuda email archiver mentioned. |
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170502May 02, 2017 | W-2 Phishing Scam Threatening Small Business After Tax Day W-2 forms contain all the information that identity thieves are looking for: full names, addresses, identification numbers and more. Cyber criminals understand this, so they create elaborate plans to get their hands on them. Luckily, Barracuda, the cyber risk experts exposed the threat recently in a post on the company’s official blog. |
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170501May 01, 2017 | Top 25 Cloud Data Backup Enablers List for May 2017 The growth of the cloud backup industry, over the last one decade, has been dramatic. The market has witnessed the rise and fall of many start ups and stabilization of others. Barracuda mentioned. |
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170501May 01, 2017 | Microservices Role in Transforming IT Security Barracuda Networks is extending that ATP microservice via third-party partnerships with application vendors. One such partner, SignNow Enterprise, now is enabling organizations that subscribe to its e-signature service to also dynamically invoke an embedded ATP service provided by Barracuda Networks |
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170429April 29, 2017 | Transparency test: Seeking web browser histories of local officials Metropolitan Transit District Chief Executive Officer Paul Jablonski spent 52 minutes of the first day of March on a website that features videos about how to fly fish, records show. revealed that MTS uses Barracuda filter to measure active web use. |
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170424April 24, 2017 | 3 Basic Digital Citizenship Standards All Educators Should Know and Teach Educating students about online interactions and safety is important. Web filters from GoGuardian and Barracuda can help educators to block suspicious and inappropriate sites, and Chromebooks have a lot of built-in features to help with this as well. |
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170420April 20, 2017 | CIOs Coming To Terms With Fear Of Cloud Security IT security is always listed as the number one barrier to adoption when it comes to cloud computing. But despite those concerns adoption of cloud security services continues to grow at unprecedented rates. (The author is Senior Director - Product Management, Barracuda Networks) |
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170418April 18, 2017 | Network Firewalls: How to Protect Your Network from Unauthorized Access Klaus Gheri, vice president & general manager of Network Security at Barracuda, has another take. He said firewalls need to enable access to cloud applications and have the flexibility to be deployed in public cloud environments. Next-generation firewalls, need to combine a full security feature set with capabilities like load balancing, traffic optimization, uplink bonding and cloud access optimization from branch offices. |
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170413April 13, 2017 | 3 Ways Data Improves Customer Satisfaction As most MSPs can attest to, building and maintaining a successful business means establishing your expertise and authority as a business partner. By Chris Crellin, Senior Director of Product Management for Intronis MSP Solutions by Barracuda. |
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170407April 07, 2017 | New infosec products of the week: April 7, 2017 Mention of Barracuda E-Signature announcement. |
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170405April 05, 2017 | Phishing campaigns target airline consumers seeking business credentials According to Barracuda Networks, aviation-themed phishing attacks contain links to spoofed airline sites, threat actors personalize the phishing page in a way to trick victims into providing business information. |
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170405April 05, 2017 | Barracuda Adds Advanced Threat Protection to SignNow E-signature platform updates enhance security, functionality, and user experience. |
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170405April 05, 2017 | Airline Phishing Attack Targets Businesses Barracuda Networks has reported that many of its customers have been hit by a so-called “airline phishing attack” that focuses on industries related to logistics, shipping and manufacturing, according to CSO Online. |
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170405April 05, 2017 | The role of the MSP as a trusted cloud advisor | 2017/04 - April |
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170404April 04, 2017 | WhatsApp Backdoor Comment Following the news about WhatsApp backdoor to encryption proposals made by Vera Jourova, Wieland Alge, General Manager EMEA at Barracuda Networks commented below. (With comments from Barracuda’s Wieland Alge). |
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170404April 04, 2017 | SMEs in the cyber attack crosshairs: Top tips to avoid a breach A lack of time and specialist knowledge means that many SMBs think suffering a security breach is inevitable. Jason Howells, EMEA director, MSP Solutions at Barracuda Networks, gives us his top tips for avoiding a cyber attack. |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Air Travel Phishing Scam Has High Open Rates A phishing scam targeting frequent flyers is so realistic that it has an email open rate above 90%, according to new research by Barracuda Networks. |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Top 25 Cloud Data Backup Enablers List for April 2017 The growth of the cloud backup industry, over the last one decade, has been dramatic. The market has witnessed the rise and fall of many start ups and stabilization of others. |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Email security appears grounded as attacks continue to take flight With clever cybercriminals finding creative new ways to get to users, has email security lost the battle to protect. (With comments from Barracuda’s Asaf Cidon). |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Email security appears grounded as attacks continue to take flight Barracuda Networks has seen this attack with several of its customers, especially in industries that deal with frequent shipping of goods or employee travel, such as logistics, shipping, and manufacturing. The attacker will either impersonate a travel agency or even an employee in HR or finance who is sending an airline ticket or e-ticket. The email will be constructed to appear inconspicuous. |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Email security appears grounded as attacks continue to take flight Barracuda Networks has seen this attack with several of its customers, especially in industries that deal with frequent shipping of goods or employee travel, such as logistics, shipping, and manufacturing. |
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170403April 03, 2017 | Star Review: Barracuda Advanced Threat Protection (BATP) When we looked at this we were surprised at the configuration. For example, we had not thought of a next generation firewall as a defense against ransomware. However, on further consideration we decided that it isn't really the firewall that's doing the work all by itself. |
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170402April 02, 2017 | Phishing campaigns target airline consumers seeking business credentials According to Barracuda Networks, aviation-themed phishing attacks contain links to spoofed airline sites, threat actors personalize the phishing page in a way to trick victims into providing business information. |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Aviation-Related Phishing Campaigns Seeking Credentials A wave of email-based phishing campaigns is targeting airline consumers with messages that contain malware that infects systems or links to spoofed airline websites that are personalized to trick victims into handing over personal or business credentials. (Features research from Barracuda, with comments from Asaf Cidon vice president, content security services at Barracuda Networks). |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Airline phishing attack has 90% success rate A phishing attack that uses customized information has a 90% success rate in getting unwitting targets to open malware-infested emails, according to researchers. (Features research from Barracuda). |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Custom phishing attacks grow as crooks create fake flight confirmations, receipts Well-researched attacks designed for cyber-espionage and malware distribution are being specificially targeted at those who regularly travel by air. (Features research from Barracuda). |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Fake airline tickets catch out 90% of phishing targets | 2017/03 - March |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Congress Chose Corporate Greed Over Your Privacy: What You Should Know The US Senate and House both voted this week to overturn privacy rules that had been adopted by the FCC last year. The rules had not actually gone into effect yet, but thanks to Congress your internet service provider is free to track your online activity and sell it to the highest bidder—or any bidders, really. (Features comments from Barracuda’s Asaf Cidon). |
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170331March 31, 2017 | Airline phishing attack has 90% success rate A phishing attack that uses customized information has a 90% success rate in getting unwitting targets to open malware-infested emails, according to researchers. (EMEA, features research from Barracuda). |
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