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On Sunday, FireEye provided an update stating that the campaign started as early as Spring 2020 and included significantly more victims than just themselves. They were able to identify a trojanized SolarWinds Orion update, which they named SUNBURST, as the breach origin. Between March and June of this year (Solarwinds Orion update versions 2019.4 through 2020.2.1), the threat actors inserted malicious code and digitally sign updates to the SolarWinds Orion Platform before posting them to SolarWinds’ official website. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a directive soon after FireEye’s update, requiring all federal civilian agencies to review their networks for indicators of compromise (IoCs) and disconnect any running SolarWinds Orion servers.

The endpoint is a favorite target for cyber criminals, with plenty of known vulnerabilities to be exploited, and software versions that are often out of date. These devices are frequently on the Internet without protection from corporate perimeter security, and worse yet, employees can unwittingly enable hackers to make their way onto corporate endpoints and networks. It’s past the time when businesses of all sizes need to implement powerful endpoint security that includes endpoint protection (EPP) integrated with advanced endpoint detection and response (EDR) technologies.

SEATTLE – September 24, 2020 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence, secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication and advanced endpoint protection, today announced the release of its Internet Security Report for Q2 2020. Among its most notable findings the report showed that despite an 8% decrease in overall malware detections in Q2, 70% of all attacks involved zero day malware (variants that circumvent antivirus signatures), which represents a 12% increase over the previous quarter.

SEATTLE – June 24, 2020 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence, secure Wi-Fi, and multi-factor authentication, today announced the release of its Internet Security Report for Q1 2020. For the first time ever, this report includes data on the percentage of malware in the wild delivered via encrypted HTTPS connections. WatchGuard’s threat intelligence shows that 67% of all malware in Q1 was delivered via HTTPS, so organizations without security solutions capable of inspecting encrypted traffic will miss two-thirds of incoming threats. Additionally, 72% of encrypted malware was classified as zero day (meaning no antivirus signature exists for it, and it will evade signature-based protections). These findings show that HTTPS inspection and advanced behavior-based threat detection and response solutions are now requirements for every security-conscious organization.

Although these Wi-Fi tips will keep you and your loved ones safe, they won’t always protect you against the six known Wi-Fi threat categories.

SEATTLE – April 29, 2020 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in network security and intelligence, secure Wi-Fi and multi-factor authentication, today announced the launch of Business Network Protect (BNP) Complete, an enterprise-grade security solution for small and midsized businesses built in partnership with Deutsche Telekom. With fast internet from Deutsche Telekom and industry-leading security services from WatchGuard, this all-in-one offering is designed to simplify the delivery of critical security for organizations or home office environments that lack the resources to defend against cyber attacks on their own. The BNP Complete solution combines a DSL modem and Wi-Fi router with enterprise-level security protections; all within WatchGuard’s Firebox T35-DW.

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