WatchGuard Blog - Security Models

Credential leaks are growing on the dark web

Last year saw a 429% increase in the number of login credentials exposed on the dark web. Multi-factor authentication has become an essential security layer to ensure that whoever is entering credentials is the real user and not a usurper.

Credential leaks are growing on the dark web

Last year saw a 429% increase in credentials exposed on the dark web. MFA has become an essential security layer to ensure that whoever is entering credentials is the real user and not a usurper.

4 Differences Between Threat Hunting vs. Threat Detection

Companies are becoming aware of the importance of building threat detection and hunting capabilities that avoid putting their businesses at risk. But sometimes we confuse these two concepts so in this article we have listed the main differences between them .

Old mobile numbers can compromise unsecure MFA systems

A recent study has analyzed the risks of reusing old mobile phone numbers. It found cases where new users received SMS messages with access to confidential information of the previous owners and also links to some of their online accounts due to MFA of those accounts.