2021 could go down as the year of many things but in our world, it was definitely the year of ransomware. We witnessed the largest ransomware attack ever which affected over 1,500 businesses with [...]
Over the past two years, the world has witnessed a dramatic increase in cybercrime attacks and complexity. The true scope of attacks is largely unknown due to the fact that not all victims [...]
Threat hunting is an analyst-based process allowing organizations to discover hidden, and advanced threats that go undetected by automated detection and prevention controls. In simple terms, the [...]
The WatchGuard Threat Lab team is a group of analytical, science-based threat experts who want to help you truly quantify the cyber threats your business faces. By statistically measuring the [...]
Regular followers of this blog are no stranger to the technological shift that has occurred to allow for remote work during the pandemic. VPNs, secure home Wi-Fi, access portals, zero-trust [...]
2021 brought us a growing threat from ransomware along with the largest attack in history affecting over 1,500 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 [...]