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        <title>Google Crowned “King of Malware” – Has Two Times More Malware than Bing, Yahoo! and Twitter Combined</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Barracuda Labs Issues 2010 Midyear Security Report, Presents Findings at DefCON 18 and Security BSides Las Vegas
Campbell, Calif. (July 28, 2010) –  Barracuda Networks Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application delivery solutions, today released its Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, revealing data from two key areas: search engine malware  and Twitter use and crime rate. The company is presenting this data at Security BSides Las Vegas and DefCON 18 this week in Las Vegas. The full report is available at the company’s security research portal at http://barracudalabs.com.
Searching for Malware
Barracuda Labs conducted a study across Bing, Google, Twitter and Yahoo!, over a roughly two-month period. The analysis reviews more than 25,000 trending topics and nearly 5.5 million search results. The purpose of the study was to analyze trending topics on popular search engines to understand the scope of the problem and to identify the types of topics used by malware distributors. The results will be presented at DefCON 18 on Saturday, July 31, at 11:00 a.m. PT, at the Riviera Hotel & Casino.
Key highlights from the search engine study include:

Overall, Google takes the crown for malware distribution – turning up more than twice the amount of malware as Bing, Twitter and Yahoo! combined when searches on popular trending topics were performed. Google presents at 69 percent; Yahoo! at 18 percent; Bing at 12 percent; and Twitter at one percent.
The average amount of time for a trending topic to appear on one of the major search engines after appearing on Twitter varies tremendously: 1.2 days for Google, 4.3 days for Bing, and 4.8 days for Yahoo!
Over half of the malware found was between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. GMT.
The top 10 terms used by malware distributors include the name of a NFL player, three actresses, a Playboy Playmate and a college student who faked his way into Harvard.


The Darkside of Twitter
Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 25 million Twitter accounts, both legitimate and malicious. The purpose of this part of the study was to measure and analyze account behavior on Twitter in order to model normal user behavior and identify features that are strong indicators of illegitimate account use. The study reviews several key areas including True Twitter Users1, Twitter Crime Rate2, and Tweet Number3. The results will be presented at Security Bsides Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 28, at 3:00 p.m. PT, at the 2810 Resort.
Key highlights from the Twitter research include:

In general, activity is increasing on Twitter: more users are coming online; True Twitter Users are tweeting more often, and even casual users are becoming more active. As users become more active, the malicious activity also increases.
Only 28.87 percent of Twitter users are actual True Twitter Users.
Half of Twitter users tweet less than once a day, yet one in 10 users tweet five or more times a day and 30 percent of Twitter accounts have never tweeted.
One in every eight Twitter users has at least 10 times more followers than they are following.
Only one in 10 users is following more than 100 users, and almost half are following less than five.
The Twitter Crime Rate for the first half of 2010 was 1.67 percent.

“Our study shows that attackers have serious efforts devoted towards getting in front of the billions of eyeballs that are using search engines everyday and the millions of users that are connecting on social networks like Twitter,” said Dr. Paul Judge, chief research officer and VP at Barracuda Networks. “Therefore, we continue to analyze their approaches and build new techniques to find them and protect users.”
To review the complete Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report and the company’s security portal, please visit http://barracudalabs.com.
About Barracuda Networks Inc.
Barracuda Networks Inc. combines premises-based gateways and software, virtual appliances, cloud services, and sophisticated remote support to deliver comprehensive content security, data protection and application delivery solutions.  The company’s expansive product portfolio includes offerings for protection against email, Web and IM threats as well as products that improve application delivery and network access, message archiving, backup and data protection. Coca-Cola, FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L'Oreal, and Europcar are among the more than 100,000 organizations protecting their IT infrastructures with Barracuda Networks’ range of affordable, easy-to-deploy and manage solutions.  Barracuda Networks is privately held with its International headquarters in Campbell, Calif.  For more information, please visit www.barracudanetworks.com.
Resources:

Download the Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report at http://www.barracudalabs.com/research_resources.html.
View the Barracuda Labs security research portal at http://BarracudaLabs.com.
Follow Barracuda Labs on Twitter at @barracudalabs.


Footnotes:

‘True Twitter User’ is defined as a user that has at least (≥) 10 followers, follows at least (≥) 10 people, and has tweeted at least (≥) 10 times.
‘Twitter Crime Rate’ is defined as the percentage of accounts created per month that were eventually suspended for malicious or suspicious activity, or otherwise misused.
‘Tweet Number’ is defined as a user’s average number of tweets per day.

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        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Jul 28, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Web Application Firewall Extends Support for Enterprise Authentication Systems</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Integration with RSA SecurID and CA  SiteMinder Increases Security and Simplifies Management of Production Web  Applications
Campbell, Calif., July 20, 2010 – Barracuda Networks  Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application  delivery solutions, today announced new integration features for the Barracuda  Web Application Firewall that extend centralization of front-end access  controls, simplify management of production Web applications, and bolster  overall security for enterprise networks and assets. 
The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects Web  applications and Web services from malicious attacks, and also increases the  performance and scalability of these applications. The new features enhance  centralized access controls by offering integration with two major front-end  access control systems for identity management and multi-factor authentication. 

  RSA SecurID® – A powerful two-factor authentication  solution that provides a more reliable level of user authentication than  reusable passwords. Barracuda Web Application Firewall customers can integrate  easily with RSA SecurID to enforce strong authentication before granting access  to secure portions of various Web applications. 
  CA SiteMinder® – Provides centralized Web access  management that enables user authentication and single sign-on, authentication  management, policy-based authorization, identity federation and auditing of  access to Web applications and portals. Barracuda Web Application Firewall  customers can leverage CA SiteMinder for single sign-on capabilities for  protected Web applications.

The new centralized front-end access control integrations  extend the Barracuda Web Application Firewall’s powerful capabilities beyond  LDAP, RADIUS, PKI and other authentication schemes. By combining centralized  access control capabilities with protocol inspection, organizations can more  easily protect against threats including data leaks and access to unauthorized  URLs without any special application-specific tuning or configuration. The  Barracuda Web Application Firewall streamlines security and credential  management through a central configuration management interface, ensuring  consistent enforcement of access control and authentication across all Web  applications. 
“Web application security today means more than simply  providing application security protocol and content inspection,” said Stephen  Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks.  “The Barracuda Web Application Firewall goes  beyond traditional Web application point solutions and offers customers a full  suite of application delivery capabilities, including load balancing, access  control and acceleration, making it the most comprehensive Web application  firewall on the market.”
The latest release of the Barracuda Web Application  Firewall also includes advanced security information and event management  (SIEM) integration with multiple third-party logging vendors. Barracuda Web  Application Firewall customers can now integrate into their SIEM products to  provide comprehensive, aggregated reports across multiple vendors and  applications. For additional information, please visit the Barracuda Networks  Product Management Blog latest post at  http://blog.barracuda.com/pmblog/index.php/2010/07/20/barracuda-WAF-SIEM/.
Pricing and  Availability
  The Barracuda Web Application Firewall firmware release  7.4 is available immediately, with prices ranging from $5,000 to $35,000.&nbsp;International  pricing and availability varies based on region.&nbsp;For more information,  please visit  http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/web-site-firewall-overview.php. 
About the  Barracuda Web Application Firewall
  The Barracuda Web Application Firewall is a complete and  powerful security solution for Web applications and Web sites. The Barracuda  Web Application Firewall provides award-winning protection against hackers  leveraging protocol or application vulnerabilities to instigate data theft,  denial of service or Web site defacement.   The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects Web applications and Web  services from malicious attacks, and can also increase the performance and  scalability of these applications. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall  offers every capability needed to deliver, secure and manage enterprise Web  applications from a single appliance through an intuitive, real-time user  interface. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Jul 20, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Networks’ ‘Blue’ is the New ‘Green’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Company Launches Barracuda Virtual  Appliances
Campbell, Calif., July 14, 2010 – Barracuda Networks  Inc., a leading provider of content security, data protection and application  delivery solutions, today announced plans to broaden its virtual product  portfolio to include its full line of solutions, beginning with the worldwide  roll out of the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall Vx and Barracuda SSL VPN  Vx.  Today’s announcement expands the  company’s market-leading product portfolio across a variety of delivery models  including appliance, virtual, SaaS and hybrid.  
“Virtual appliances are sparking interest for many of our  customers that are extending the ‘green IT’ and management benefits of their  server virtualization initiatives,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product  management for Barracuda Networks.   “Barracuda Virtual Appliances will integrate seamlessly into the  virtualization framework while combining the same powerful technology, ease of  use and value found in the full range of Barracuda Networks hardware  appliances.”
A number of drivers are contributing to the move toward  virtual appliance deployment by Barracuda Networks customers:

  Easy to  use and deploy.  Virtual appliances  can be deployed for high availability and can easily scale as capacity  requirements grow without changing hardware or software.  Virtual appliances are also easier to move,  back up and restore.
  Green  tech initiatives.  By consolidating  servers and the network infrastructure into fewer physical servers,  organizations can save physical space in their datacenters and server rooms as  well as reduce the amount of energy required for heating and cooling physical  infrastructures.
  Reduced  TCO.  Virtualization can reduce the  data center costs associated with implementing and maintaining additional  infrastructure hardware.

A recent survey by IDC (December 2009, IDC #220767, Virtual Security Appliance Survey: What’s  Really Going On?) found that more than 70 percent of respondents – comprised  of organizations of all sizes and across all industries – are including virtual  appliance deployment into general IT budgets or within existing security  appliance budgets. The survey also indicated a nearly 60/40 split between SMBs  and enterprises that have already deployed virtual appliances for security  applications. 
“We typically tend to see the SMB market move toward new  technology adoption more quickly than the enterprise space, in large part  because they are able to make swift decisions and can be very nimble when it  comes to shifting technology,” said Chris   Christiansen, program vice president of Security Products and  Services for IDC.  “In this sense,  Barracuda Networks can capture the initiative in supplying virtual appliances  due to their exceptional success in the SMB space with their appliance  offerings.
“On the other hand we are also finding that virtual  appliance adoption across a range of enterprises is strong and we expect  continued adoption of this approach will continue into the foreseeable future,”  added Christiansen. “This gives Barracuda Networks a unique opportunity to  service the enterprise market as it makes the shift toward virtualization as  well. Overall, this is a very solid, strategic move for them.”
Scalability, Flexibility  and Affordability 
  Barracuda Virtual Appliances offer customers the  flexibility to deploy the same powerful, plug-and-play features found in  Barracuda Networks’ appliances on hardware of their choice or into existing  virtual frameworks.   Barracuda Virtual  Appliances currently support VMware ESX/ESXi platforms, with support for other  virtualization platforms planned in the coming months.  
In addition, Barracuda Virtual Appliances can be easily  scaled for performance and increased capacity as the organization grows while  maintaining low TCO.  Barracuda Virtual  Appliances are available with a low, upfront base license and subscription fees  based on user-bands.
“Barracuda Networks is well-known for offering  unprecedented value in its hardware appliances and we are staying true to that  philosophy with our virtual appliances,” said Pao.  
New Opportunities  for Channel Partners
  Today’s announcement creates new sales opportunities for  Barracuda Networks’ channel partners who can now offer a range of solutions in  form factors that best suit the customer’s network needs.  Barracuda Networks has enhanced its partner  program to better accommodate the customer buying process for virtual  appliances.  
“We remain dedicated to the success of our channel  partners and will commit additional resources to ensure that they are equipped  to sell our complete product portfolio, including our new virtual offerings,”  said Pao.  Barracuda Networks' expansive  channel includes more than 5,000 active partners worldwide.
The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall Vx and Barracuda  SSL VPN Vx join the Barracuda NG Firewall and Barracuda Purewire Web Security  Service – both of which were added to the product portfolio through separate  corporate acquisitions over the past year and which also have virtual appliance  components.
Pricing and  Availability
  Both the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall Vx and  Barracuda SSL VPN Vx can be downloaded as part of a free 30-day evaluation  period at www.barracuda.com/virtualization.  Pricing for the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus  Firewall Vx includes a one-time base license fee and an annual subscription of  $180 per 100 users per year.  Pricing for  the Barracuda SSL VPN Vx includes a one-time base license fee and an annual  subscription ranging from $120 per year for 10 and $3,000 per year for 250  users.  International pricing and  availability varies based on region.   Other Barracuda Networks solutions will be made available as virtual  appliances in the coming months. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Jul 14, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall Protects Against Data Leaks with Broader Outbound Email Content Filtering Capabilities</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New Features Augment Spam Scanning, Virus  Checking and Content Filtering Policy Enforcement for Both Inbound and Outbound  Email
Campbell, Calif.,  June 30, 2010 – Barracuda Networks Inc., today announced new features to its  flagship Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall that enhance full inbound and  outbound email scanning from the same appliance.  The new features extend the Barracuda Spam  &amp; Virus Firewall’s capabilities beyond spam and virus scanning for outbound  email, which can safeguard an organization’s email reputation, and include  broader content inspection based on policy for both inbound and outbound email  on a single appliance.  These  enhancements ensure that confidential or sensitive information is not  distributed outside the organization.
“It is crucial for organizations, especially within  highly regulated industries, to have the ability to protect intellectual  property and other sensitive information from being distributed,” said Stephen  Pao, vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks.  “The new Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall  extends our powerful content scanning features and makes it easier for  customers to manage both inbound and outbound email filtering from the same  appliance.”  
Enforce Corporate  Policies through Outbound Email Scanning
  The new Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall allows  administrators to define policies to prevent confidential or sensitive  information from leaving the organization.   For example, hospitals and other healthcare organizations that must  comply with HIPAA policies that mandate the confidentiality of sensitive  patient information such as social security or credit card numbers as well as  personal health information can now apply pre-defined dictionaries to outbound  email scanning to ensure compliance.  In  addition, administrators can set up separate rules for inbound and outbound filtering,  and review the outbound email quarantine for any policy violations before  delivery.
Enterprise-Ready  Management
  Additionally, the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall now  offers increased granularity of its roles-based administration interface, enabling  assignment of sender and recipient policies on a per-domain basis. These  administration enhancements are useful for larger organizations that delegate  administration across different divisions and for service providers offering  granular policy controls directly to their end customers.  
Pricing and  Availability 
  The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall firmware release  4.1 is immediately available in eight models with prices ranging from $699 to  $89,999.&nbsp;International pricing and availability varies based on region.  For more information please visit www.barracudanetworks.com/spam.
About the  Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall 
  The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall is available in  eight models with no per user fees.  A  single Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall supports up to 100,000 active users,  and multiple units can be clustered together for even greater capacity and  availability.  Its architecture leverages  12 defense layers: denial of service and security protection, rate control, IP  analysis, sender authentication, recipient verification, virus protection,  policy (user-specified rules), Fingerprint Analysis, Intent Analysis, Image  Analysis, Bayesian Analysis, and a Spam Rules Scoring engine.  In addition, the entire Barracuda Spam &amp;  Virus Firewall line features simultaneous inbound and outbound email filtering  with the inclusion of sophisticated outbound email filtering techniques, such  as rate controls, domain restrictions, user authentication (SASL), keyword and  attachment blocking, triple-layer virus blocking, and remote user support for  outbound email filtering.  The Barracuda  Spam &amp; Virus Firewall’s layered approach minimizes the processing of each  email, which yields the performance required to process millions of messages  per day.   ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Jun 30, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Networks Refutes Speculation Regarding SonicWALL Acquisition</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Campbell, Calif., June 24, 2010 – Barracuda Networks  Inc., a leading provider of security, storage and networking solutions, today  issued a statement regarding the industry speculation that the company is  involved in acquisition discussions with SonicWALL (Nasdaq: SNWL). 
“The recent speculation that Barracuda Networks is  involved in negotiations with SonicWALL is unfounded,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda  Networks.  “We have completed a number of  successful acquisitions, including a public company, so it is not surprising  that some in the industry are speculating we are engaged in these discussions;  however, we are not having any such discussions.  Barracuda Networks is focused on the sales  and marketing execution for the products that we have acquired, in particular  the Barracuda NG Firewall which delivers the next generation of firewall  technology.”
 
  Barracuda Networks has made several acquisitions in the  security space, most recently with the acquisitions of phion AG, a leading  vendor in the next generation firewall space based in Austria, and Purewire, an emerging Web  Security-as-a-Service vendor based in Atlanta.  In 2007, Barracuda Networks acquired NetContinuum, a leader in the Web  Application Firewall market. These three acquisitions complement the company’s  own security solution suite – including the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus  Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter and Barracuda IM Firewall. Three additional  acquisitions were made in 2008 outside the security space.  
About Barracuda  Networks Inc.
  Barracuda Networks Inc. combines premises-based gateways  and software, cloud services, and sophisticated remote support to deliver  comprehensive security, networking and storage solutions.&nbsp; The company’s  expansive product portfolio includes offerings for protection against email,  Web and IM threats as well as products that improve application delivery and  network access, message archiving, backup and data protection. Coca-Cola,  FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L'Oreal, and Europcar  are among the more than 100,000 organizations protecting their IT  infrastructures with Barracuda Networks’ range of affordable, easy-to-deploy  and manage solutions.&nbsp; Barracuda Networks is privately held with its International  headquarters in Campbell, Calif.&nbsp; For more information, please  visit www.barracudanetworks.com. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Jun 24, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall Receives WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Campbell,   Calif., April 30, 2010 –  Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced the Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall  was selected the winner in the anti-spam hardware category of the  WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards.
“Thousands of customers worldwide rely on the Barracuda  Spam &amp; Virus Firewall for complete protection against spam, viruses and  other email security threats,” said Dean Drako,  president and CEO of Barracuda Networks.   “We are pleased to receive this recognition from the readers of  WindowsNetworking.com and we renew our commitment to providing our customers  with the exceptional customer support and superior technology that they have  come to expect from Barracuda Networks.”  
The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall is an integrated  hardware and software solution designed to protect corporate email servers from  spam, virus spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks.  The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall  features essential inbound and outbound filtering techniques, including  attachment scanning, virus filtering, rate controls and encryption.  The Barracuda Spam &amp; Virus Firewall is  compatible with all email servers and can fit into nearly any corporate or  small business environment. 
“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the  opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their  respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowsNetworking.com manager.  “WindowsNetworking.com users are specialists in their field who encounter  various solutions for Enterprise Networking at the workplace.&nbsp; The award  serves as a mark of excellence,  providing the ultimate recognition from peers within the industry.”
WindowsNetworking.com conducts monthly polls to discover  which product is preferred by network administrators in a particular category  of third party solutions for Enterprise Networking.  The awards draw a huge response per category  and are based entirely on the visitors’ votes.  
About  WindowsNetworking.com
  WindowsNetworking.com (http://WindowsNetworking.com) is a  Microsoft Windows Networking resource site.   It is a leading Enterprise Networking site, attracting over 650,000  Network administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest  Windows Networking services, articles and tutorials by leading Windows  Networking experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews.  WindowsNetworking.com forms part of a group  of sites run by TechGenix Ltd. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Apr 30, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Message Archiver Extends Beyond Email to Archive All Microsoft Exchange Items</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ New Capabilities Improve Storage Efficiency  by Archiving Calendar Items, Contacts and Tasks
Campbell, Calif., April 28, 2010 – Barracuda Networks  Inc. today announced new features for the Barracuda Message Archiver that allow  users to archive calendar items, contacts and tasks from Microsoft Exchange  making it the first appliance- based solution to offer this capability. 
This new capability complements the Barracuda Message  Archiver’s Exchange stubbing feature, helping administrators to minimize a  user’s Exchange storage footprint.  With  the Exchange stubbing feature, administrators can increase storage efficiency  by moving email attachments from the Exchange server to the Barracuda Message  Archiver while maintaining seamless access to those attachments for end users.
“The new features in the Barracuda Message Archiver  coupled with attachment stubbing, combine to make a powerful solution for  administrators looking to enhance operational efficiency of their Microsoft  Exchange deployments,” said Stephen Pao, vice president of product management  for Barracuda Networks.  “By enabling  users to access online archives of all their Microsoft Exchange items, they can  satisfy their users’ need to access data while better managing Exchange mailbox  sizes and their associated storage costs.”  
By archiving all Exchange data, the Barracuda Message  Archiver enables administrators to eliminate the use of PST files.  PST files are archival files created in the  Microsoft Exchange environment that contain emails, calendar items, contacts  and tasks and are typically stored on a user’s laptop or desktop to reduce the  amount of data stored on the server.   Organizations have been looking for ways to eliminate PST because they  are hard to manage, prone to corruption and pose a security risk if accessed by  an unauthorized user.  
While competing solutions focus only on archiving emails,  both from PST files and from Exchange directly, the Barracuda Message  Archiver’s ability to archive calendar items, contacts and tasks in addition to  emails allow administrators to import all items stored in a PST file directly  to the appliance for easy search and retrieval.   In addition, offloading all Microsoft Exchange data to the Barracuda  Message Archiver significantly improves email server performance by allowing  administrators to better manage the size of mailboxes and keep the Microsoft  Exchange server running efficiently. 
The latest Barracuda Message Archiver release also  includes a tool that allows administrators to import emails from IBM Lotus  Domino NSF files.  This import capability  ensures that organizations using an IBM Lotus Domino server will be able to  archive, search and retrieve historical email. 
Pricing and  Availability 
  The latest features are immediately available to current  and future Barracuda Message Archiver customers.  The Barracuda Message Archiver is available  in six models with prices starting at $1,999 with no per user fees.&nbsp;  International pricing and availability varies based on region.&nbsp; For more  information, please visit www.barracudanetworks.com/archiver ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Apr 28, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda Backup Server 990 Featuring Increased Storage Capacity for Local Data Backup</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Additional Barracuda Backup Service  Enhancements to Include Faster Data Transfer to the Cloud for Offsite Storage
Campbell, Calif., April 8, 2010 – Barracuda Networks Inc.  today launched the Barracuda Backup Server 990 with 24 terabytes of internal  storage, making it the ideal on-premises solution for organizations requiring  local backup for large volumes of data.   Now available in six models and combined with the Barracuda Backup  Subscription to provide offsite backup storage in the cloud, the Barracuda  Backup Service is the most complete backup and disaster recovery solution  available for organizations today.
“As organizations continue to migrate their data  protection strategies from legacy tape backups, Barracuda Networks has seen  greater demand for high density disk-based data protection,” said Stephen Pao,  vice president of product management for Barracuda Networks.  “With the Barracuda Backup Server 990, we  continue to take advantage of both the advantages and economics of modern disk  storage technologies.”
The increased onsite storage capacity offered with the  Barracuda Backup Server 990 is crucial for organizations like Ohio-based  American Motorcyclist Association that require a reliable solution for storing  financial and racing data, as well as membership data for its 235,000  members.  
&quot;Protecting over 85 years of member data is critical  to the American Motorcyclist Associations' business,” said Robert Kluczynski,  director of IT and project management for the American Motorcyclist  Association.  “The Barracuda Backup  Server 990 product has reduced our data management costs by 25 percent and allowed  us to focus more time on member-centric activities.  Barracuda Networks proved to be our number  one choice for data backup and has exceeded our expectations in customer  service and response time as well.”
Refining offsite  data transfer and deduplication capabilities
  The Barracuda Backup Service now features more efficient  backup transfer methods by better utilizing the available bandwidth between the  backup server and the cloud.  This makes  it possible to transfer large amounts of changing data offsite in shorter times  than traditional solutions.  The  Barracuda Backup Service now provides new data deduplication functionality for  Windows server backups.
The Barracuda Backup Service now offers full open file  backup support which allows administrators to back up files that have been  locked by the operating system for improved data protection.  The Barracuda Backup Service also increases  the efficiency of the local network by starting the deduplication process at  the agent, eliminating the need to send as much network traffic across the  local network. 
Formerly restricted to Windows system support for Windows  Server 2003 and 2008, upgrades to the   Barracuda Backup Agent software now support Windows 7 and provide full  system backup and restore,  
  making it easier for full system recovery in the event a  server goes down.  The Barracuda Backup  Agent software is provided at no additional per server or per agent fees. 
  
  Pricing and  Availability 
  New feature enhancements including, open file backup support,  more efficient backup methods and enhanced data deduplication, and more are  immediately available to current and future Barracuda Backup Service  customers.  Barracuda Backup Service  pricing includes a one-time hardware fee for the Barracuda Backup Server and a  monthly fee for offsite storage.&nbsp; Barracuda Backup Server pricing ranges  from $999 for the model 190 and $44,999 for the new model 990.  Offsite storage plans are priced at $50 for  per month for every 100 GB of offsite backup storage with no overage fees, no  agent fees and no per server fees.&nbsp; For more information, please visit:  http://www.barracudanetworks.com/backup.
About the  Barracuda Backup Service
  The Barracuda Backup Service is an affordable, integrated  local and offsite data backup and disaster recovery solution. The Barracuda  Backup Service combines an onsite appliance with a monthly subscription that  replicates data to offsite storage in the cloud.  Combining local and offsite storage provides  the best of both worlds - onsite backups for the fastest restore times and  secure, offsite storage for disaster recovery.   The Barracuda Backup Subscription plans provide secure offsite storage  at affordable monthly fees and scale to meet increasing data requirements.  The Barracuda Backup Server is a powerful  appliance installed onsite to provide full local backup of current and  historical data, high backup performance and fast network-based local  restores.  The Barracuda Backup Server  also performs block-level deduplication at the origin to minimize the required  backup storage footprint up to 50 times, drastically reducing backup windows  and providing efficient and secure offsite transfer using compression and  encryption. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Apr 08, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Twitter Makes its Red Carpet Debut for Celebrities and Criminals</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Barracuda Labs Launches New Security  Information Portal, Reveals Only 21 Percent of Twitter Users are ‘True Twitter  Users’
Campbell,   Calif., March 10, 2010 –  Barracuda Networks Inc. today released its Barracuda Labs 2009 Annual Report,  revealing data from three areas: Twitter trends and tracking, Web threats and  trends, and email spam and viruses. The report is available at the company’s  newly launched security research portal at http://barracudalabs.com. 
The report drills down into 2009’s fastest growing social  networking application Twitter, and reviews growth drivers, usage trends and  the overall Twitter crime rate. Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 19 million  Twitter accounts, both legitimate and malicious, for frequency and content of  tweets, user-to-user interactions, and each account’s overall activity level. 
Key highlights from the report include:

  Only 21 percent of Twitter users are actual True  Twitter Users1.
  Overall, users are becoming more active on  Twitter.
  49 percent of Twitter users, and 48 of the top  100 most followed Twitter users, joined during the Twitter Red Carpet Era2,  indicating the significant impact celebrities have on the social networking  landscape as they bring their real-world fans over to Twitter.
  The Twitter growth rate spiked at 21.17 percent  in April 2009 due to the Twitter Red Carpet Era.
  During the Twitter Red Carpet Era, the Twitter  Crime Rate3 increased 66 percent, and continued to escalate reaching 12 percent  in October 2009, indicating one in eight accounts created was deemed to be  malicious, suspicious or otherwise misused and subsequently suspended.

“Attackers continue to be as opportunistic as ever.  As soon as the Twitter user base and activity  levels increased, hackers were prepared with novel attacks to compromise  users,” said Dr. Paul Judge, chief  research officer at Barracuda Networks.   “As social networking, and specifically Twitter, becomes more ingrained  in everyday business, it is crucial to understand the nature of attacks  happening on these sites, as well as how users and networks can be  compromised.”
The report also provides email and Web security insights  that include:

  Email-borne malware increased by threefold in  the second half of 2009.
  Jewelry spam grew by tenfold during the year  mirroring the rising price of gold
  Web exploit kits, rogue anti-virus and search  result poisoning were the most popular classes of Web attacks.

For the complete Barracuda Labs 2009 Annual Report and blog  posting, please visit the company’s newly launched security portal, please  visit http://barracudalabs.com.
Resources:

  Download the Barracuda Labs 2009 Annual Report  at  http://barracudalabs.com/downloads/BarracudaLabs2009AnnualReport-FINAL.pdf  
  View the Barracuda Labs security research portal  at http://BarracudaLabs.com
  Access the Twitter’s Red Carpet Era blog post at http://blog.barracuda.com
  Follow Barracuda Labs on Twitter at  @barracudalabs 

Footnotes:

  ‘True  Twitter User’ is defined as a user that has at least (?) 10 followers, follows  at least (?) 10 people, and has tweeted at least (?) 10 times.
  ‘Twitter  Red Carpet Era’ occurred from November 2008 to April 2009, when many  “celebrities” – from actors and athletes to musicians and politicians – started  Twitter accounts and began promoting the service on a daily basis.  
  ‘Twitter  Crime Rate’ is defined as the percentage of accounts created per month that  were eventually suspended for malicious or suspicious activity, or otherwise  misused.

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        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Mar 10, 2010</dc:date>
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        <title>Barracuda SSL VPN Wins 2010 SC Magazine Reader Trust Award</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Campbell,   Calif., March 9, 2010 – Barracuda  Networks Inc. today announced its Barracuda SSL VPN solution has been  recognized with SC Magazine’s 2010 Reader Trust Award for “Best IPSec/SSL  VPN.”  The announcement was made on March  2 at the SC Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco.
The Barracuda SSL VPN was chosen as the Best IPSec/SSL  VPN by the Reader Trust Voting Panel – comprised of security and technology  experts from large, medium and small enterprises from all major vertical  markets – representing the wide distribution of SC Magazine readers. With an  unprecedented number of entries submitted, the 2010 SC Awards was the most  competitive in the program’s history.
“We are pleased to receive this esteemed recognition for  the Barracuda SSL VPN, one of Barracuda Networks latest product lines,” said Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda  Networks.  “We thank the readers of SC  Magazine, many of whom are loyal Barracuda Networks customers, and the judging  panel for their continued confidence in our complete portfolio of security,  storage and networking solutions.”
The Barracuda SSL VPN is an integrated hardware and  software solution enabling secure, clientless remote access to internal network  resources from any Web browser. Designed for remote employees and road  warriors, the Barracuda SSL VPN provides comprehensive control over file  systems and Web-based applications requiring external access. The Barracuda SSL  VPN integrates with third-party authentication mechanisms to control user  access levels and provides single sign-on.
“Our Reader Trust panel of judges has recognized the  Barracuda SSL VPN for its superior ability to address the most pressing IT  security challenges facing the industry,” said Illena Armstrong, editor in  chief, SC Magazine.  “Every vote is a  testament to Barracuda Networks’ success in helping organizations tackle IT  security on a day-to-day basis.”
The Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Barracuda Spam  &amp; Virus Firewall were also listed as finalists in the SC Reader Trust Award  program in their respective categories. 
The annual SC Awards highlight and showcase the best  solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and  technical excellence in the  information security industry. As the industry’s preeminent awards program, the  annual SC Awards has acclaimed security’s key contributors and outstanding  products for more than a decade. Individuals, brands and solutions recognized  in the program address not only the security challenges prominent today, but  also the emerging threat landscape of tomorrow. For more information and a  detailed list of categories and winners, please visit  www.scmagazineus.com/awards.
About SC Magazine
SC Magazine provides IT security professionals with  in-depth and unbiased information through timely news, comprehensive analysis,  cutting-edge features, contributions from thought-leaders and the best, most  extensive collection of product reviews in the business. By offering a  consolidated view of IT security through independent product tests and  well-researched editorial content that provides the contextual backdrop for how  these IT security tools will address larger demands put on businesses today, SC  Magazine enables IT security pros to make the right security decisions for  their companies. Besides the monthly print magazine and daily website, the  brand’s portfolio includes the SC Awards, SC Directory, SC Magazine Newswire,  SC World Congress, and SC Congress Canada. ]]></description>
        <dc:creator>Barracuda Networks</dc:creator>
        <dc:date>Mar 09, 2010</dc:date>
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