Barracuda Networks

Volume 341, Issue 4 · 8 articles from 2 issues

In This Issue

• The Gentlemen Ransomware: Inside One of the Fastest-Growing Extortion Operations
• 24 Billion Stolen Credentials. The Lesson? The Browser Is Cybercrime's Favorite Endpoint.
• Barracuda Wins Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards
• Threat Spotlight: The Average Web Application Has 20 Security Vulnerabilities
• Critical Infrastructure Security Is Back in the Headlines
• Fake Invoices, Real Scammers: The Callback Phishing Playbook
• Leak Sites: A Field Guide
• SOC Threat Radar - August 2026

The Gentlemen Ransomware: Inside One of the Fastest-Growing Extortion Operations (Barracuda Networks, Monday, August 17th, 2026)

Barracuda profiles The Gentlemen, a fast-growing ransomware-as-a-service operation, including the OPSEC failures that exposed it. Read more

24 Billion Stolen Credentials. The Lesson? The Browser Is Cybercrime's Favorite Endpoint. (Barracuda Networks, Friday, August 21st, 2026)

Barracuda argues a 24 billion record credential dump shows infostealers have turned browsers into gateways to business systems. Read more

Barracuda Wins Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards (Barracuda Networks, Monday, August 17th, 2026)

Barracuda Integrated Email Protection was named Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards. Read more

Threat Spotlight: The Average Web Application Has 20 Security Vulnerabilities (Barracuda Networks, Wednesday, August 19th, 2026)

Barracuda research finds the average web application carries 20 security vulnerabilities, with two flaw types making up half. Read more

Critical Infrastructure Security Is Back in the Headlines (Barracuda Networks, Thursday, August 20th, 2026)

Barracuda examines renewed cyber risk to US water utilities and industrial control systems, and the funding debate around it. Read more

Fake Invoices, Real Scammers: The Callback Phishing Playbook (Barracuda Networks, Friday, August 28th, 2026)

Barracuda breaks down callback phishing, where fake invoices and calendar invites push victims to phone a live scammer. Read more

Leak Sites: A Field Guide (Barracuda Networks, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026)

Barracuda explains how ransomware leak sites work and how defenders can use them to assess risk and monitor threat activity. Read more

SOC Threat Radar - August 2026 (Barracuda Networks, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026)

Barracuda's SOC reports GlobalProtect scanning, credential harvesting, firewall misconfigurations and abuse of remote access tools. Read more

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