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State-sponsored cyberattacks
13 April 2024
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A report from the European Union IT Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) reports a high number of state-sponsored spear phishing attacks against European Union institutions in 2023. The attacks appear to have been carried out primarily by hackers and groups associated with or supported by state actors. The report finds that spear phishing continues to be the most commonly used method by state-backed cybercriminal groups when attempting to penetrate target networks. The spear phishing method underlying the attacks involves highly targeted and personalized email campaigns that...

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Targeted email attacks on energy and utilities sectors
6. February 2024
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Successful attacks on energy and utility companies such as Colonial Pipeline or Ukrainian Energy Utilities show how far-reaching an attack can be. In many cases, the first steps of the attack take place via sophisticated email attacks. Energy and utility companies are increasingly using digital technologies to manage and integrate complex distributed operations and remote locations such as wind farms, power plants and grids. Successful attacks on energy and utility companies show how far-reaching their impact can be. One example is the May 2021 ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States. This resulted in a ransom payment of...

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Healthcare is a prime target for email attacks
26 January 2024
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Healthcare is a prime target for email attacks

In one survey, the healthcare industry experienced more email security breaches than average. The recovery costs following such attacks are particularly problematic for the healthcare system. Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have more than doubled since 2022, according to the latest Barracuda Ransomware Annual Report. However, when you look at healthcare in comparison to other industries, a more complex picture emerges, says Dr. Klaus Gheri, Vice President & General Manager Network Security at Barracuda Networks. In many cases, this sector experiences fewer major cyber incidents than other industries…

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DACH: 55 percent victims of spear phishing
July 3, 2023
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DACH: 55 percent victims of spear phishing

In the DACH region, 55 percent of companies have been victims of a spear phishing attack in the last 12 months, according to the new Barracuda Networks Spear Phishing Trends Report 2023. DACH was thus slightly above the average in an international comparison (50 percent). In addition, 24 percent of all companies had at least one email account affected by an account takeover. Cyber ​​criminals send an average of 370 malicious emails from each compromised account. The report includes Barracuda spear phishing data and analysis based on a dataset covering 50 billion emails across 3,5 million mailboxes, including nearly 30 million spear phishing emails. In addition…

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Successful phishing thanks to AI
1 May 2023
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A study shows how successful AI-generated cyber attacks already are. The greatest danger lies in the easy scalability of spear phishing attacks - both in terms of quantity and quality. In addition to a lot of encouragement for the current developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), some critical voices have also been raised in recent weeks. Cybersecurity experts, including those at SoSafe, Europe's leading provider of security awareness and training, have long warned of the possibility that generative AI could write better phishing emails than humans can. Initial studies* by SoSafe now show that…

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Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends
2 April 2022
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Small businesses are three times more likely to be targeted than larger organizations. Barracuda Releases 7th Spear Phishing Report: Microsoft is the Most Mimicked Brand Name. Which companies are most likely to be at risk of spear phishing attacks, what new tricks are cybercriminals using, and what is the number of email accounts that have been compromised in the recent past? Barracuda's seventh current Spear Phishing Report: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 2021 answers these questions, explains the latest spear phishing trends and what companies can do with which technologies to improve their email security. Evaluation of the year XNUMX Between January and…

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Omikron boosts attacks on email accounts
7. February 2022
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Omikron boosts attacks on email accounts

As long as people in general have been struggling with the Corona pandemic, companies have been exposed to Corona-related attacks by cybercriminals on their email inboxes. Because depending on which topic is currently in focus in connection with Covid-19, the hackers also change course and switch to the current pandemic topics. In March 2020, Covid-related phishing attacks skyrocketed by more than 667 percent. And with the advent of vaccination campaigns came a new wave of email-based threats. The latest Omikron variant is currently not only leading to a massive increase...

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700 social engineering attacks per company
August 6, 2021
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The average company is the target of over 700 social engineering attacks annually. Barracuda publishes sixth spear phishing report. The 2021 report shows how email attacks are evolving and who are most affected How are spear phishing attacks developing, what new tricks are cybercriminals using, and who are they specifically targeting? Barracuda's sixth, current report "Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 6" provides answers to these questions and provides information on the latest spear phishing trends and what companies can do in practice with the help of which technologies in terms of email security not to be left behind in principle. Between May ...

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Spear phishing attacks against the education sector
25 December 2020
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Spear phishing attacks

Barracuda Networks has evaluated 3,5 million spear phishing attacks against the education sector. The result: educational institutions are twice as badly affected by BEC attacks than other organizations. Due to the dynamic pandemic development, many schools and universities are still heavily reliant on email communication to keep teachers, pupils and students informed about the current situation. Hackers are taking advantage of this situation by increasingly targeting educational institutions with spear phishing attacks. Below is a closer look at the methods used by cyber criminals and best practices that organizations in the education sector use to protect themselves against attacks ...

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