COMPANY NEWS:  Delivers Smarter, Faster Security to Strengthen Cyber Resilience and Drive Productivity and ROI

GUEST RESEARCH:  Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats for all size business, has introducedBarracuda Research, a new centralised resource for threat intelligence, real-world incident analysis, email threat detection data from Barracuda AI, and more. Barracuda Research is designed to equip IT and security professionals — as well as managed service providers — with actionable insights to understand the latest threats facing organisations, the signs to look for and practical steps to stay protected. 

GUEST RESEARCH:  New International Research Shows Ransomware Thrives in Complex and Fragmented IT Security Environments

GUEST RESEARCH:  New Research Shows Australian Companies Struggle with IT Complexity, Spiraling Tool Sprawl and Evolving Strategies

New Solution Protects Against Accidental and Malicious Data Loss, Ensures Business Continuity and Strengthens Cyber Resilience

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats for all sized businesses, today announced the launch ofBarracuda Managed Vulnerability Security. This fully managed service, powered by Barracuda’s global Security Operations Centre (SOC), extends theBarracudaONE platform to help organisations proactively identify, assess and prioritise vulnerabilities. This enables them to reduce risk and strengthen their security resilience.   

GUEST RESEARCH byBarracuda Networks: Barracuda Networks has released new research revealing over half of all spam emails and 14% of Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are generated by AI, rather than humans.

GUEST OPINION:  Barracuda Networks has put together a comprehensive explainer on Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS), detailing some new and emerging PhaaS attacks, the most popular kits currently circulating the internet, and the new methods attackers are using to avoid being caught. 

GUEST RESEARCH:  Global Survey Finds Security Tool Sprawl Driving Cyber Risk and Overwhelming IT Teams, with 67% of Australian Professionals Managing Too Many Tools

New Capabilities Deliver Adaptive, Context-Aware Protection Against Emerging Attacks with Unprecedented Accuracy and Speed

GUEST OPINION:  Australia’s healthcare sector is consistently targeted by cybercriminals, having reported the highest number of data breaches from all Australian sectors over the last five years, according to the OAIC Notifiable Data Breaches Reports. The risk of ransomware specifically is increasing, with the recent analysis of a global sample of reported ransomware attacks showing that over one in five attacks (21%) was targeted at healthcare organisations in 2023/24, up from 18% the year prior.

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats, today announced the appointment of Peter Alexander as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Alexander brings more than 25 years of experience driving growth for leading technology companies, including Fastly, Check Point, Harmonic, and Cisco. As CMO, Alexander is responsible for scaling Barracuda’s market growth strategy and execution.

COMPANY NEWS: Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, today announced the launch of the Barracuda Partner Sales Engineer Community, an enablement and rewards program for value-added resellers, managed service providers, distributors, systems integrators, and more. New to the Barracuda Partner Success Program, the Barracuda Partner Sales Engineer Community provides exclusive access to training labs, scanning tools, and live Barracuda product demos and sandboxes to expand technical expertise and help customers understand and strengthen their cybersecurity defences. Partners are also eligible for exclusive rewards and benefits and can collaborate with peers.

GUEST RESEARCH: Barracuda threat analysts have uncovered phishing attackers exploiting content creation and collaboration platforms widely used by schools, graphic designers and businesses. The findings are published in a new blog post.

GUEST RESEARCH: Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field, and as new solutions are introduced to better detect and defend against cyberthreats, attackers in turn need to adapt their tactics to try and evade those solutions.

GUEST RESEARCH: This year’s annual review of ransomware attacks looks at the threat from two perspectives.

GUEST RESEARCH: Barracuda Networks, a leading provider of cloud-first security solutions has released new research showing that lateral movement is the clearest sign of an unfolding ransomware attack, catching just under half (44%) of incidents. A quarter (25%) of incidents were detected when the attackers started writing or editing files, and 14% were unmasked by behavior that didn’t fit with known activity patterns. The findings are included in Barracuda’s annualThreat Spotlight on ransomware, which explores the main ransomware attack patterns over the last 12 months.

GUEST RESEARCH: Phishing attacks featuring an advanced, stealthy technique designed to exfiltrate a wide range of sensitive information have been observed by Barracuda threat analysts.

GUEST RESEARCH: Phishing attacks featuring an advanced, stealthy technique designed to exfiltrate a wide range of sensitive information, according to a new blogpost from Barracuda Networks.

COMPANY NEWS: Organisations with several thousand employees or more are the most likely to be affected by lateral phishing, where attacks are sent to mailboxes across the organisation from an already compromised internal account, according to a new Threat Spotlight from Barracuda. Lateral phishing accounts for just under half (42%) of targeted email threats against organisations with 2,000 employees or more, but just 2% of attacks against companies with up to 100 employees.