Cybersecurity

2021 brought us a growing threat from ransomware along with the largest attack in history affecting over 1,5000 businesses. Even the Washington D.C. police were targeted in attacks. This followed [...]

I remember once many years ago going to pick up a takeout order my wife had placed at a local family-owned restaurant. When I got to the restaurant and received our food, I could see my [...]

Phishing is a type of social engineering where an attacker sends a fraudulent (e.g., spoofed, fake, or otherwise deceptive) message designed to trick a human victim into revealing sensitive [...]

In just the first half of 2021, script-based fileless malware attacks have already nearly reached their entire 2021 total, which in itself was up 888% from the year prior. These highly evasive [...]

If you follow cyber security, you are likely all too familiar with the social engineering attack called phishing where an attacker sends a fraudulent message designed to trick a human victim into [...]

How to get started when shopping for cyber insurance How do you know if you need cyber insurance? There are many important differences between large and smaller companies when it comes to cyber [...]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued an advisory on the increased use of Conti ransomware-as-a-service [...]

The password has come a long way from its origins in the Roman military. In ancient times, Roman soldiers passed tablets inscribed with a watchword to identify allies from enemies. Thousands of [...]

WatchGuard’s Threat Lab (previously the LiveSecurity Threat Team) is a group of dedicated threat researchers committed to helping you stay ahead of the bad guys by providing in-depth analysis of [...]

Have you ever tried to log in to your bank account and the bank sends you a one-time password (OTP) via text message to your phone? Implementation of OTPs has been a common path for many [...]