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Threat Spotlight: New widespread, 'unstoppable' phishing attack

Thu, 1st Feb 2018
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Barracuda looks into a new phishing attack that impersonates popular web services to entice victims into giving away their credentials.
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Barracuda acquires social engineering platform PhishLine

Thu, 11th Jan 2018
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PhishLine's social engineering simulation and training platform expands Barracuda solutions to protect against email-borne targeted attacks.
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Highly-targeted cyberattacks surround upcoming Winter Olympics

Tue, 9th Jan 2018
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McAfee released a report that revealed cybercriminals have targeted organisations involved in fast approaching Winter Olympics held in South Korea.
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Private equity firm buys out Barracuda Networks for $1.6b

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Barracuda Networks will soon be under the wing of private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo – an acquisition worth $1.6 billion.
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Round 2: New line-up of cybersecurity maestros comment on Uber breach

Fri, 24th Nov 2017
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We covered an expert commentary story of the Uber breach - this is round 2 with Check Point, Barracuda, Digital Shadows, Mimecast, and Webroot.
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Barracuda brings new firewall capabilities to DevSecOps

Wed, 22nd Nov 2017
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The expanded public cloud functionality for its Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Barracuda NextGen Firewall will integrate the new capabilities.
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What to consider when moving into the cloud generation… securely

Tue, 21st Nov 2017
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IT professionals are starting to realise just how different securing a cloud computing environment is from traditional on-premises IT environments.
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Barracuda announces new 'cloud-generation' firewalls

Thu, 16th Nov 2017
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Barracuda expands public cloud functionality for Web and NextGen Firewalls, offering utility-based consumption and automated security controls.
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Barracuda bolsters cloud platform with Sonian acquisition

Thu, 9th Nov 2017
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Barracuda Networks boosts its cloud security prowess with the strategic purchase of Sonian, enhancing its archiving and analytics services.
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CASE STUDY: War on ransomware marching forward with Europol coalition

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Authorities estimated global losses from ransomware in 2016 to be more than $200 billion - this coalition was formed to address this.
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Six things the security industry can expect from 2018

Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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The security industry gears up for 2018 with rising ransomware, Office 365 threats, and hybrid cloud adoption, predicts Barracuda Networks' Mark Lukie.
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New study shows Office 365 use surging, along with security concerns

Wed, 25th Oct 2017
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Office 365's adoption among businesses is booming, but security concerns, particularly ransomware, remain high, per Barracuda Networks' latest study.
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Not again… Expert discusses potential SECOND Equifax breach

Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.
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Cybercrime remains a major barrier to cloud adoption in EMEA​

Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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While cloud adoption continues its steady march in EMEA, a new survey has revealed the recent spate of cyberattacks has thrown a spanner in the works.
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Move over ransomware; put spear phishing on your radar

Fri, 29th Sep 2017
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Spear phishers continue to exploit security weaknesses in organisations using social engineering. It's becoming the most significant security threat.
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Hackers steal data through 'easy back door' in massive Deloitte breach

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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​In just the last few weeks we've had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.
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More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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Over a quarter of British councils hit by ransomware, yet no ransoms paid due to effective backups, reports Barracuda Networks.
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New wave of Locky ransomware appears to come from Vietnam

Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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Aggressive new Locky ransomware variant traced to Vietnam, with over 27 million attacks observed in a single day by Barracuda researchers.
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Less than half of Malaysians confident about public cloud security

Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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Less than half of Malaysians are confident about moving to public cloud, even though they trust the service more than they did five years ago.
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Barracuda rebrands enterprise phone system, begins international expansion

Fri, 4th Sep 2015
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Barracuda is beginning its expansion of phone system support to new international locations, pricing and the rebranding of CudaTel telephony system.