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Barracuda discloses two flaws that could be chained for root access
Barracuda has disclosed a pre-authentication authorisation bypass and a command injection flaw affecting its products. Chained together, they could let an attacker bypass authorisation and gain root access to a susceptible device, and the article is tagged CVE-2026-116606 with a CVSS score of 9.3.
Survey finds security teams under pressure, with AI-linked skills gaps and staff cuts
Barracuda's Cybersecurity Skills Gap report, based on 2,000 IT and security decision-makers, found that 67% say their teams are under pressure and struggling to scale. The most cited challenges are AI-related risks (68%) and advanced identity and phishing threats (67%), including business email compromise, OAuth abuse and MFA bypass. Over half (56%) report reduced security headcount linked to AI, split evenly between junior and senior roles, while Pluralsight and the AI Workforce Consortium point to wider skills shortages and rising demand for AI skills.