Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

This week on the podcast, we cover a Politico report detailing a security lapse at CISA in the United States involving sensitive data and a public version of ChatGPT. Next, we dive into a couple of recently resolved vulnerabilities in the SolarWinds Web Help Desk application. Finally, we end with some closure on a story about two Coalfire penetration testers who were arrested several years ago for completing a penetration test in Iowa.

Attackers continue to move faster, automate more aggressively, and operate with greater precision at the endpoint. Detection alone is no longer enough. Security teams need clarity, context, and the ability to act decisively as threats unfold. Yet many endpoint approaches still rely heavily on manual investigation and response workflows that require human intervention. The result is alert overload, delayed response, increased operational effort, and growing pressure on already-stretched security teams.

We are proud to be Data Privacy Week 2026 Champions with the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Stay tuned all week as we share practical tips, real-world insights, and expert perspectives from our teams and special guests across WatchGuard Tech All-Stars. A few simple reminders to start: Privacy is about choice, awareness, and control. And it starts with the everyday decisions we all make online.

As MSPs push for higher margins and tighter security outcomes, disconnected PSA, RMM, and security tools create noise, manual work, and missed opportunities. Deep, practical integrations are now the difference between a scalable managed security practice and an overloaded team. In this webinar, WatchGuard will show how our integrations with ConnectWise and Autotask help you.

MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations attract strong attention across the cybersecurity industry by providing detailed, transparent data on how endpoint security solutions behave under real attack conditions. However, the depth of the results often makes them difficult to interpret and compare meaningfully. Join Field CTO Adam Winston as he decodes WatchGuard’s MITRE ER7 results and learn how to weigh key metrics to determine real-world security effectiveness and efficiency.

This week on the podcast, we cover some first-hand research from the WatchGuard Threat Lab on a phishing campaign targeting users of nearly every major VPN vendor. After that, we discuss two recently resolved vulnerabilities in the Fortinet FortiSIEM application, then end with research from Varonis on a new attack flow against Copilot called RePrompt.

If you use SonicWall, you know what type of year 2025 was for your business. Between breaches, price increases, and confusing pivots, your vendor left you to clean up their mess while you paid more for their product and earned less in return. Join Adam Winston, Field CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, to learn why our Unified Security Platform is the right choice for a profitable, worry-free 2026. In this session, we’ll discuss.

When a botnet outperforms Google in domain traffic, scale becomes the threat. In Ep. 354 of The 443 Podcast: Kimwolf, IoT botnets, and why edge devices keep getting abused.

Title: 2025 Ends With a Bang This week on the podcast, we cover a wave of attacks against network edge equipment and internet-exposed systems including an update on the recently patched Firebox 0-Day. After that, we cover two stories on browser extensions siphoning off data and making unwanted modifications to victim’s web browsing activity.

This week on the podcast, we discuss the recently disclosed React2Shell vulnerability affecting a wide array of web applications. Before that, we review a new phishing campaign that that uses a newly-coined ConsentFix technique before discussing a security misstep from HomeDepot.