Barracuda Unveils SOC Threat Radar – March 2026

Identity-based threats continue to rise — particularly those involving anomalous logins using stolen credentials (see SOC Threat Radar — December 2025). During February, around one in every 16 suspicious logins came from Romania. This is an unexpected and anomalous increase compared to previous months, which is a clear indicator of suspicious activity.

Your organization may be at risk if you are:

• Not implementing geo-blocking or location-based login rules that reflect where the organization does business.
• Allowing employees to use weak or reused passwords.
• Lack multifactor authentication (MFA) or don’t enforce it consistently across the organization.
• Not monitoring logins for unusual locations or times.

To protect your organization:

• Enforce the use of complex, unique passwords and consider password managers.
• Enable MFA everywhere — this is the single most effective step you can take.
• Monitor login alerts.
• Implement conditional access policies that block logins originating from a restricted or unexpected country/region.
• Train employees ...