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Weeding Out Cyber Threats: How to Detect and Stop Common Attacks

May 1, 2025 By Andrew Kerr In WatchGuard
When necessary, you water it, monitor it, and weed out what doesn’t belong before it spreads. The same principle applies to cybersecurity. In today’s digital landscape, cyber threats evolve rapidly. From phishing and privilege escalation to rogue access and lateral movement, attacks often take root well before they’re discovered. That’s why detection and response are no longer optional ‒ essential for resilience.
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World Password Day: The Hidden Cost of Compromised Credentials

Apr 30, 2025 By Carla Roncato In WatchGuard
Every year, World Password Day highlights the importance of strong credentials and password managers. But the real issue today isn't whether your password is complex enough—it's whether it's already been stolen and is for sale on the dark web. Millions of credentials are circulating in underground marketplaces like e-commerce platforms, complete with verified vendors, customer support, and full database access.
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AI and Compliance with Adam Winston

Apr 29, 2025 By WatchGuard Technologies In WatchGuard
This week on the podcast, we bring in Adam Winston, former CSO of ActZero and current Field CTO for Managed Services at WatchGuard to discuss automating the SOC with AI. We cover the history of AI in SecOps, the good and bad applications of AI and Machine Learning, what the future looks like, and how compliance might impact our ability to get there.
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WatchGuard Signs The Climate Pledge, Commits to Net Zero by 2040

Apr 22, 2025 By The Editor In WatchGuard
As a cybersecurity company, we spend every day thinking about how to protect the world from threats. As a global organization, WatchGuard has the power ‒ and the responsibility ‒ to step up and help fight the threat of unchecked climate change. That’s why we have signed The Climate Pledge and are deepening our commitment to environmental sustainability.
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How to Grow a Strong Cybersecurity Culture

Apr 21, 2025 By Effi Lipsman In WatchGuard
Let’s be honest — when most people hear “cybersecurity training,” their eyes glaze over faster than a workstation running Windows 98. But here’s the kicker: 74% of data breaches still involve a human element, whether through social engineering, errors, or misuse, according to Verizon’s 2023 DBIR. That’s not just a stat — it’s a blinking neon sign pointing to the importance of cybersecurity culture.
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The CVE Near-Death Experience - The 443 Podcast - Episode 327

Apr 21, 2025 By WatchGuard Technologies In WatchGuard
This week on the podcast, we discuss how the CVE program was granted an 11th hour temporary reprieve after the program's steward, MITRE, originally announced their contract had not been renewed. After that, we cover the recent cyberattack against 4chan that took it offline and resulted in leaked moderator information and source code. We end with a quick discussion on a post-exploitation technique being used in the wild against Fortinet FortiGate devices.
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