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3 weeks ago | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
International research for Barracuda shows that 65% of organizations believe they have too many security tools, and over half (53%) say their tools can’t be integrated. This lack of integration significantly weakens defenses, with 77% saying it hinders detection and 78% citing challenges in threat mitigation.
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3 weeks ago | 
blog.barracuda.com | Tilly Travers
International research for Barracuda shows that 65% of organizations believe they have too many security tools, and over half (53%) say their tools can’t be integrated. This lack of integration significantly weakens defenses, with 77% saying it hinders detection and 78% citing challenges in threat mitigation.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
Predicting the future isn’t easy, but you can anticipate what is likely to happen by looking at how things have evolved over the past year. This year again, Barracuda asked colleagues who work on the security frontlines about the things they witnessed in 2024 and expect to see in 2025. According to their insight, 2025 will be the year when:Threat actors will invest more time and resources in evading or disabling security measures.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
The bot landscape is changing. Malicious — or bad bots — are evolving to become more advanced and human-like in their behavior, while an emerging category of AI bots, which we might think of as “grey bots,” is blurring the boundary of legitimate activity. Barracuda security researchers analyzed bot-related traffic and activity targeting web applications and APIs between September 2023 and the end of August 2024.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
October 2024 marks the 21st Cybersecurity Awareness Month – four weeks of themed activity designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity and the importance of staying safe online. For 21 years, this annual event has exhorted people and businesses to take steps such as setting strong passwords, keeping software updated, recognizing phishing attacks, and other basic measures that underpin cybersecurity. Everyone knows this advice is solid.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
blog.barracuda.com | Tilly Travers
October 2024 marks the 21st Cybersecurity Awareness Month – four weeks of themed activity designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity and the importance of staying safe online. For 21 years, this annual event has exhorted people and businesses to take steps such as setting strong passwords, keeping software updated, recognizing phishing attacks, and other basic measures that underpin cybersecurity. Everyone knows this advice is solid.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
Email-based social engineering threats are thriving as attackers continue to adapt and evolve their tactics to increase their chances of success. The latest analysis of email detection data by Barracuda researchers reveals that while the landscape remains dominated by mass phishing and general scamming attacks, there’s a steady rise in more targeted, and potentially more damaging threats such as business email compromise and conversation hijacking.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
blog.barracuda.com | Tilly Travers
Email-based social engineering threats are thriving as attackers continue to adapt and evolve their tactics to increase their chances of success.
The latest analysis of email detection data by Barracuda researchers reveals that while the landscape remains dominated by mass phishing and general scamming attacks, there’s a steady rise in more targeted, and potentially more damaging threats such as business email compromise and conversation hijacking.
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May 2, 2024 | 
smartermsp.com | Tilly Travers
Data breaches remain a serious threat to every business. In 2023, about half of them reported experiencing a data breach, according to the Data Breaches Investigations Report. In the United States, more than 90 million accounts were breached in the third quarter of the year alone, per data breach statistics tracked by Surfshark. When it comes to preventing data breaches with secure authentication, passwords can be a serious problem.
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May 1, 2024 | 
blog.barracuda.com | Tilly Travers
Data breaches remain a serious threat to every business. In 2023, about half of them reported experiencing a data breach, according to the Data Breaches Investigations Report. In the United States, more than 90 million accounts were breached in the third quarter of the year alone, per data breach statistics tracked by Surfshark.
When it comes to preventing data breaches with secure authentication, passwords can be a serious problem.
