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Law Enforcement Infiltrate and Seize Hive Ransomware Operation

In a sudden, stunning announcement today, the United States Department of Justice, the FBI, and federal agencies from 13 countries from Europol, announced the seizure of the transnational Hive ransomware operation. The seizure was part of a months-long operation that began … Read More

Cybersecurity News: ACLU Unveils Mass Surveillance Program, (More) Malvertising, and Breaches

January 30, 2023 By Ryan Estes

Sifting through the most recent cybersecurity-related news may seem daunting, and keeping up with the latest developments is arduous. However, the WatchGuard Threat Lab is … [Read More...]

Cybersecurity News: Malvertising, Ransomware, and Alleged IRS Breach

January 18, 2023 By Ryan Estes

Regarding malware, breaches, and the overall threat landscape, 2023 is off to a dynamic start. Malvertising (malicious advertising) continues to be a successful attack vector … [Read More...]

The RCE Vulnerability That Wasn’t

January 17, 2023 By Marc Laliberte

This week on the podcast we cover a recently-disclosed vulnerability in the popular JavaScript library JsonWebToken. After that, we give an update to weaponizing ChatGPT, the … [Read More...]

Reviving a Dead Botnet

This week on the podcast we cover a recent analysis by Mandiant on a Russia-based APT using a decade old botnet to deliver new attacks. Before that, we cover an update from LastPass about their most recent breach as well as the 200 million Twitter accounts leaked last week. … [Read More...]

When Trying to Catch ‘Em All, Leave This RAT Alone

January 11, 2023 By Ben Delp Leave a Comment

Recently, researchers have observed threat actors using a website previously associated with the popular AR game, PokemonGo to distribute a remote access trojan (RAT). The … [Read More...]

Q3 2022 Internet Security Report

January 3, 2023 By Marc Laliberte Leave a Comment

This week on the podcast we discuss key findings from the WatchGuard Threat Lab's Q3 2022 Internet Security Report. We'll cover everything from the top malware threats to the … [Read More...]

Two Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Vulnerabilities (aka ProxyNotShell)

Update 10/6/2022 : Microsoft has released several updates since their post on the “ProxyNotShell” Exchange vulnerabilities.  If you followed their initial mitigation steps, they are not sufficient to block this threat and your Exchange server may remain vulnerable. … [Read More...]

2023 Security Predictions

December 20, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

It's that time of year for us to discuss the WatchGuard Threat Lab's 2023 cyber security predictions! On this episode, we will cover the six predictions plus another two that … [Read More...]

Apple’s New Privacy Expansion

December 12, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

This week on the podcast, we cover Apple's latest announcement of expanded privacy and security features for their users. Before that, we cover a major breach in the Android … [Read More...]

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