Detected and blocked spam accounted for the majority of the attacks, with a 2,775% increase between January and December.

The new offerings are designed to help MSPs build advanced, security-centric services for their customers.

A massive Omicron-led spike in COVID-19 test-related phishing attacks in the past few months poses a serious threat to businesses, according to Barracuda Networks.

A new remote code execution bug could be making businesses in Asia Pacific vulnerable to Log4Shell log injection attacks.

Attacks will range from extortions using stolen data to the penetration of critical supply chains.

"Barracuda Email Protection offers customers complete protection by combining gateway defence, API-based inbox defence, incident response, data protection, and user security awareness capabilities."

Data protection company Barracuda has recorded rapid growth in its managed service provider (MSP) business, with the acquisition of SKOUT cybersecurity playing a pivotal role in providing new opportunities. 

Bait attacks launched via Gmail and other free email services could be making businesses in Asia Pacific vulnerable to targeted phishing attacks and other threats.

This move brings enhanced visibility, automated incident correlation, threat hunting and remediation to managed security service provider customers and prospects, the company states.

More than a third of global businesses are likely to be targeted by a ‘bait attack’ within a one month period, according to new research from Barracuda Networks.

“As businesses move assets to the public cloud, it makes sense to consider going with SASE offerings that are cloud-native. That way there's proximity between network access entry and where the assets are."

“Barracuda Data Inspector is next-generation data security that makes it easy to identify and secure an organisation's most critical information.”

Barracuda has released key findings into bad bots and the ways automated attacks are evolving. 

“The continued enhancements we are making to Barracuda RMM are part of our ongoing commitment to supporting MSPs in improving their security offerings."

The grim outlook for the future of ransomware leaves no one spared from financial damage or brand-crushing headlines.

"Cybercriminals are getting sneakier about who they target with their attacks."

With the acquisition, Barracuda begins its foray into the XDR market, and supplements the company’s previous integrations with Open XDR platforms.

“Accelerating interest and demand for bitcoin has provided cyber criminals with a payments method that is virtually untraceable, enabling a multi-billion economy of ransomware."

By taking the time to review how data is being stored and protected, organisations can take advantage of these tools while maintaining effective data security.

Research finds that malicious emails spend an average of 83 hours in employees inboxes before being noticed.

More needs to be done to protect against application security threats, particularly newer threats like bot attacks, API attacks, and supply chain attacks. 

Thanks to a rapid rise in digital transformation, remote work adoption, and ransomware attacks all driven by COVID-19, security is the safest bet there is for business growth.

There is increased risk of socially engineered attacks like conversation hijacking, business email compromise, account takeover, and growing demand for protecting customer data in the cloud.

Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre points to the ‘Conti’ ransomware variant, which caused the HSE's IT systems to shut down over the weekend.