Cybersecurity technology continues to improve, but one of the biggest security challenges facing organizations remains surprisingly familiar: human behavior. WatchGuard’s 2026 Cyber Hygiene Report, based on responses from employees at small and midsized businesses across the United States, Europe…
WatchGuard telemetry identified a campaign associated to TimbreStealer, which is known to target companies based in Mexico. This research, conducted by Euler Neto and Cristóbal Tárraga, describes behaviors similar to those observed in a previous campaign documented by Cisco Talos in 2024, which uses…
Most organizations are still focused on stopping attackers at the perimeter. But that’s not how modern attacks are working anymore. In Episode 364 of the 443 Podcast, three stories stood out not as isolated incidents, but as signals of a broader shift in how attackers operate: A potential US ban on…
In Episode 363 of The 443 Podcast, Corey Nachreiner speaks with Kristen Yang, Cybersecurity Analyst & Investigations Lead, about the threats security teams should be paying closest attention to right now. The conversation reinforces an uncomfortable truth for defenders: many successful attacks still…
WatchGuard telemetry identified some malicious files being downloaded by victims, and almost all of them originated in Venezuela, indicating a possible malicious campaign targeting companies in this country. The malicious files are distributed via phishing emails that have a SVG file with a filename…
Three stories, one theme: control planes, supply chains, and human workflows remain high-leverage targets. This Secplicity blog follows the sequence and details covered by Marc Laliberte and Corey Nachreiner in The443 Podcast Episode 360. 1) Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 0-Day (CVSS 10): What happened Cisco…
Introduction At the turn of the year, we were alerted to a doppelganger domain impersonating WatchGuard’s Mobile VPN with SSL, delivering a malicious spoofed client to steal credentials. Navigating directly to the doppelganger domain resulted in a benign informational WatchGuard VPN page. However…
At the beginning of April, WatchGuard received a report from a customer in the hospitality business describing a new phishing campaign targeting their staff. The attack starts with the threat actor opening a reservation request with the hotel, which they then cancel by email, citing a bad review for…