Latest Threats
Barracuda Research delivers actionable insights from trillions of IT events, AI-powered threat detection and real-world security incidents. Our advanced threat intelligence empowers IT security professionals with the knowledge to identify emerging threats, recognize the warning signs and implement effective protection strategies for their businesses.
Latest Email Threat Tactics
- Threat Spotlight: How Phishing Kits Evolved in 2025
+ Threat Spotlight: Introducing GhostFrame, a new super stealthy phishing kit
+ Tycoon 2FA phishing kit updated with new tools and tactics
+ Cephas kit uses invisible characters to block scanners and rules
Latest Threats Targeting Organizations
+ 8 cybersecurity predictions for 2026: Barracuda leaders share their insights
- Attackers using ScreenConnect for unauthorized remote access
+ Attackers using bought or stolen credentials for ransomware and data theft
Real-World Incidents and Trends
- Recent trends in initial access techniques: Vulnerability exploits top the list
+ Qilin ransomware surges into 2026
+ The 2025 ITRC Consumer Impact Report: A new era of identity crime
Office of the CTO
The Office of the CTO comprises Barracuda’s leading threat researchers and technical experts who can provide authoritative insight on a wide variety of cybersecurity topics.
These include:
- Evolving email attack tactics – including phishing-as-a-service
- The use of AI in cyberthreats
- Threats targeting applications, networks, endpoints and data
- Ransomware
- Security operations and real-world case studies
- Incident response and risk resilience
- Cybersecurity leadership, governance and frameworks
Connect with Barracuda’s Office of the CTO
“An agentic AI operator will run cyberattacks end-to-end, gathering what it needs, crafting convincing lures, trying a path, watching how the target’s protection or defense reacts, then quietly shifting tactics and timing until it gets what it wants.”
Yaz Bekkar
Principal Consulting Architect – XDR, EMEA
Frontline security predictions 2026: The battle for reality and control in a world of agentic AI
“In 2026, attackers will shift from static tactics to dynamic, context-aware approaches with payloads that are tailored based on device, user activity or timing to evade automated detection.”
Ashok Sakthivel
Director – Engineering, Email Protection
Frontline security predictions 2026: The phishing techniques to prepare for
Resource Library
Barracuda provides a wide range of cyberthreat and cybersecurity insights, tools and support to help organizations and security researchers better understand the rapidly evolving threat landscape and how to manage risk.
