WatchGuard’s Q1 2017 Internet Security Report found that two out of the top-ten most popular malware threats were malicious JavaScript. That’s right, while JavaScript may be well known for its many handy, legitimate uses, it’s also a popular … Read More
Daily Security Bytes
Story of a Instagram Hacker – Daily Security Byte
In today's video, I recommend a great article. In a Wired BackChannel story, Negar Mottahedeh wrote about his experience … Read More
DNA Malware? – Daily Security Byte
Late last week, headlines popped up talking about malware delivered by strands of DNA. If you were wondering, "Is this true, … Read More
Don’t Forget August Patch Day – Daily Security Byte
Last week, I couldn't make many videos due to travel and offsite business meetings. One of the topics I missed was Microsoft … Read More
HBO and WannaCry Hero Updates – Daily Security Byte
On Friday, I did a video updating two of the stories I covered last week. First, we have new updates on the WannaCry hero's … Read More
Editorial Articles
Packet Capture on AWS ~ New Solutions to Old Problems
Security professionals often attach a packet capture security appliance to a span port on hardware network equipment to capture network packets in a data center. On AWS customers do not have access to span ports and physical … Read More
Using Firewall Policies to Auto-Block Rogue Hosts on External Networks
Automatically preventing all traffic from hosts that attempt to connect to blocked ports can help prevent further malicious actions from those IP addresses as explained in Auto-Blocking Suspicious Hosts Found in Traffic Logs. … Read More
Become a Better Cybersecurity Pro by Abandoning These Bad Habits
We all have our faults, and can sometimes get stuck in our ways – no one is perfect after all. But in the world of information security, bad habits can lead to costly and unnecessary troubles for your company. In a recent … Read More
Carbon Black Data Leaks – A Good Reminder to Protect Keys
A security firm published a blog post today explaining how they compromised an endpoint security system. The vendor, Carbon Black, responded in a blog post explaining that this feature is off by default and customers receive … Read More
Announcements
Create Firewall Rules with Python and the WatchGuard Fireware CLI
A past Secplicity post explains how to automate deployment of a WatchGuard Firebox Cloud on AWS. The related GitHub repository includes some Python code that configures the Firebox via … Read More
WatchGuard Positioned as the Only Visionary for Third Consecutive Year in Magic Quadrant for UTM
WatchGuard is the only company to be positioned in the Visionary quadrant, for the third year in a row. We believe this validates our ability to provide widely deployable … Read More
