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Meet Rai: AI That Runs More of the Security Work
MSPs juggle more clients, tools, and demands. Rai, WatchGuard’s AI digital worker, streamlines operations so teams save time and deliver more value.
Why WatchGuard Acquired Perimeters.io: Making Cloud Security Work for MSPs
MSPs rely on native tools or patchwork solutions for cloud security. CloudDR unifies visibility, detection, and response to manage risk at scale.
NIS2 Fines Are on the Horizon: Why Your Business Can’t Wait
Discover which companies fall under NIS2, the readiness gap, and how to harden your cybersecurity to avoid non-compliance penalties
WatchGuard Leaders Recognized on CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel List
WatchGuard celebrates Michelle Welch (Power 100) and Karen Ray on CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel list, recognizing their channel leadership.
From Alerts to Action: Automating MSP Security
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Making an Impact Together: Highlights from WatchGuard IMPACT 2026
Global WatchGuard IMPACT event unites partners across regions to drive growth, innovation, and collaboration through insights, networking, and awards.
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WatchGuard Introduces Rai: The Agentic AI Digital Workforce Designed Specifically for MSPs
Shift from Assistive AI to Autonomous Execution to Unlock Scalable, Profitable Growth
WatchGuard Acquires Perimeters.io to Scale Cloud Security for MSPs
Introduces WatchGuard Cloud Detection and Response, extending protection beyond endpoints and networks
WatchGuard and Halo Announce Partnership to Deliver MSP Automation from Alert to Invoice
Integration embeds WatchGuard security operations inside HaloPSA, streamlining ticketing, provisioning, and billing workflows for MSPs
WatchGuard Disrupts Endpoint Pricing to Give MSPs Competitive Edge
Enterprise-grade product features, combined with agile and aggressive licensing model, offer MSPs maximum agility in competitive Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) market
WatchGuard Expands NDR Capabilities, Making Advanced Network Threat Detection Practical for MSPs and Midmarket Organizations
Embedded detection, managed services, and automated response simplify NDR adoption for SMEs and MSPs
WatchGuard Marks 30 Years of Setting the MSP Security Standard
Cybersecurity leader has helped MSPs reduce complexity, scale protection, and profitably grow through every market shift
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Was ist ein Botnet?
EDR-Software – ein Kaufratgeber
Copilot & Agentforce offen für Prompt-Injection-Tricks
Claude Mythos – ist der Hype gerechtfertigt?
Cyber-Inspekteur: Hybride Attacken nehmen weiter zu
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A New Windows Zero-Day Lets Attackers Take Full Control
A newly disclosed Windows zero-day, dubbed RedSun, is the latest reminder that attackers do not need to break in if they can simply escalate. Discussed in Episode 367 of The 443 podcast, this vulnerability highlights how trusted system processes can be manipulated to gain full system-level access…
FormBook Malware Analysis: Phishing Campaigns Use DLL Side-Loading and Obfuscated JavaScript to Target Businesses
WatchGuard telemetry identified two different phishing campaigns targeting Greek, Spanish, Slovenian, Bosnian and Latin and Central American companies, that use different techniques to delivery FormBook malware. FormBook is a data-stealing malware that targets Windows systems, primarily distributed…
Project Glasswing Signals a New Era for AI in Cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a productivity multiplier. It is becoming a force multiplier for cybersecurity, and potentially for cyber risk. In Episode 366 of The 443, Marc Laliberte and Corey Nachreiner discuss three developments that together paint a clear picture of where the…
Claude Code’s Accidental Source Leak Shows How Fast Attackers Exploit Curiosity
When a high-profile code leak hits the internet, the first reaction is usually fascination. Developers want to inspect it. Researchers want to understand how it works. Security teams want to know whether the exposure creates downstream risk. But threat actors often move faster than all three. That…
Deepfakes Didn’t Invent Cybercrime, They Just Perfected It
Fraud is nothing new. It is a reality that some people will take advantage of the trusting and even minimally naïve. Last year, in a moment of high stress and low sleep, even I, a 25-year Cyber Security veteran, was duped by a phone call from the “FBI” claiming my involvement in identity theft…
OAuth Phishing, Foreign Router Risks, and the Rise of Identity-Based Cyber Attacks
Most organizations are still focused on stopping attackers at the perimeter. But that’s not how modern attacks are working anymore. In Episode 364 of the 443 Podcast, three stories stood out not as isolated incidents, but as signals of a broader shift in how attackers operate: A potential US ban on…
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U.S. Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Three Individuals Linked to Intellexa and Predator Spyware
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday removed three individuals linked to the Intellexa Consortium, the holding company behind a commercial spyware known as Predator , from the specially designated nationals list. The names of the individuals are as follows - Merom Harpaz Andrea Nicola Constantino Hermes Gambazzi Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou Hamou was sanctioned by OFAC in March 2024, and Harpaz and Gambazzi were targeted in September 2024 in connection with developing, operating, and distributing Predator. It's currently not known why they were removed from the list. Harpaz is said to be working as a manager of Intellexa S.A., while Gambazzi was identified as the owner of Thalestris Limited and Intellexa Limited. Thalestris, Treasury Department said, held the distribution rights to the spyware, and processed transactions on behalf of other entities within the Intellexa Consortium. It's also the parent company...
IBM Warns of Critical API Connect Bug Allowing Remote Authentication Bypass
IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the application. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915 , is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as an authentication bypass flaw. "IBM API Connect could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms and gain unauthorized access to the application," the tech giant said in a bulletin. The shortcoming affects the following versions of IBM API Connect - 10.0.8.0 through 10.0.8.5 10.0.11.0 Customers are advised to follow the steps outlined below - Download the fix from Fix Central Extract the files: Readme.md and ibm-apiconnect-<version>-ifix.13195.tar.gz Apply the fix based on the appropriate API Connect version "Customers unable to install the interim fix should disable self-service sign-up on their Developer Portal if enabled, which will help minimise their exp...
Researchers Spot Modified Shai-Hulud Worm Testing Payload on npm Registry
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be a new strain of Shai Hulud on the npm registry with slight modifications from the previous wave observed last month. The npm package that embeds the novel Shai Hulud strain is " @vietmoney/react-big-calendar ," which was uploaded to npm back in March 2021 by a user named "hoquocdat." It was updated for the first time on December 28, 2025, to version 0.26.2. The package has been downloaded 698 times since its initial publication. The latest version has been downloaded 197 times. Aikido, which spotted the package, said it has not spotted any major spread or infections following the release of the package. "This suggests we may have caught the attackers testing their payload," security researcher Charlie Eriksen said . "The differences in the code suggests that this was obfuscated again from the original source, not modified in place. This makes it highly unlikely to be a copy-ca...
Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack Drains $8.5M via Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack
Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 was likely responsible for the hack of its Google Chrome extension, ultimately resulting in the theft of approximately $8.5 million in assets. "Our Developer GitHub secrets were exposed in the attack, which gave the attacker access to our browser extension source code and the Chrome Web Store (CWS) API key," the company said in a post-mortem published Tuesday. "The attacker obtained full CWS API access via the leaked key, allowing builds to be uploaded directly without Trust Wallet's standard release process, which requires internal approval/manual review." Subsequently, the attacker is said to have registered the domain "metrics-trustwallet[.]com" and pushed a trojanized version of the extension with a backdoor that's capable of harvesting users' wallet mnemonic phrases to the sub-domain "api.metrics-...
DarkSpectre Browser Extension Campaigns Exposed After Impacting 8.8 Million Users Worldwide
The threat actor behind two malicious browser extension campaigns, ShadyPanda and GhostPoster , has been attributed to a third attack campaign codenamed DarkSpectre that has impacted 2.2 million users of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. The activity is assessed to be the work of a Chinese threat actor that Koi Security is tracking under the moniker DarkSpectre . In all, the campaigns have collectively affected over 8.8 million users spanning a period of more than seven years. ShadyPanda was first unmasked by the cybersecurity company earlier this month as targeting all three browser users to facilitate data theft, search query hijacking, and affiliate fraud. It has been found to affect 5.6 million users, including 1.3 newly identified victims stemming from over 100 extensions flagged as connected to the same cluster. This also includes an Edge add-on named "New Tab - Customized Dashboard" that features a logic bomb that waits for three days prior to t...
CSA Issues Alert on Critical SmarterMail Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52691 , carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It relates to a case of arbitrary file upload that could enable code execution without requiring any authentication. "Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to any location on the mail server, potentially enabling remote code execution," CSA said. Vulnerabilities of this kind allow the upload of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within an application's environment. This could pave the way for code execution if the uploaded file is interpreted and executed as code, as is the case with PHP files. In a hypothetical attack scenario, a bad actor could weaponize this vulnerability to place malici...
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Frust mit D-Trust-Zertifikat – eine Nutzererfahrung mit AATL
Wer Zertifikate zum Signieren von E-Mails oder PDF-Dokumenten bezieht, muss ggf. aufpassen, dass er auch die richtigen Zertifikate ordert. Ein Mediziner hat sich im Nachgang zu aktuellen Berichten über zurückgezogene Zertifikate gemeldet und eigene Erfahrungen mit einem D-Trust-Zertifikat berichtet. Er wollte das Zertifikat zum Signieren von E-Mails und PDF-Dokumenten verwenden, stellte aber fest, dass der Adobe Reader D-Trust ablehnt. Ich stelle die Information mal hier im Blog ein, vielleicht verhindert es, dass weitere Leute auf ungeeignete Signatur-Zertifikate hereinfallen. Verbunden ist dies mit der Frage, wie ihr das bei euch löst – oder ist das exotischer Einzelfall und dumm gelaufen?
Warnung vor IONOS/1&1 Rechnungs-Phishing
Ich stelle mal eine kurze Warnung hier im Blog ein, weil mir bereits zum zweiten Monat eine Phishing-Mail von 1&1 in meinem Postfach zugestellt wurde, die Rechnungs-Phishing bei IONOS versucht. Speziell, weil ich mal vor Jahren selbst für einige Minuten in einer Art "geistiger Umnachtung" auf so etwas reingefallen bin – das aber durch Änderung der Zugangsdaten sofort korrigieren konnte (siehe IONOS/1&1-Phishing: 'Mails in Warteschleife gelegt').
World Password Day (7. Mai): Wie haltet ihr es mit Passkeys und Passwörtern?
Am heutigen 7. Mai ist World Password Day, an dem an die Bedeutung des Themas erinnert werden soll. In diesem Kontext sind mir einige Meldungen zugegangen, die ich als Abriss im Beitrag spiegele. Ich verbinde es mit der Frage, wie ihr das in eurem Bereich so handhabt, und ob Passkeys so langsam zum Standard werden?
Microsoft fixt Outlook Link-Problem zum Öffnen von Dokumenten (ab 4.5.2026)
Kleiner Nachtrag für Administratoren von Microsoft 365-Installationen. Microsoft hat bereits vorige Woche Freitag (1. Mai 2026) in einem Supportbeitrag einen Fix für ein Outlook Classic-Link-Problem, dass zu leeren Dokumenten oder Fehlern beim öffnen über OneDrive oder SharePoint führt, angekündigt. Der Fix sollte inzwischen serverseitig ausgerollt worden werden.
SSL.com rotiert Root-Zertifikate am 5.5.2026; es hat gerumpelt
Ich kippe noch ein Thema hier im Blog ein, was ich am gestrigen 5. Mai 2026 geplant hatte, aber nicht mehr geschafft habe. SSL.com hat am 5.5.2026 seine Root-Zertifikate geplant rotiert. Sollte keine Probleme geben, wenn die betreffenden Stellen ihre Hausaufgaben gemacht haben. Wenn ich die Kommentare hier im Blog richtig deute, ist der Austausch der Zertifikate bei einigen Internet-Anbietern aber "irgendwie daneben gegangen" und es gab Probleme.
D-Trust zieht am 8. Mai 2026 S/MIME-Zertifikate zurück
Kurze Information für Leser, die Zertifikate von D-Trust verwenden. D-Trust zieht am 8. Mai 2026 S/MIME-Zertifikate zurück. Dieser Termin ist ja nicht mehr so weit hin – also nachschauen, ob man betroffen ist. Es betrifft Anwender, die entsprechende S/MIME-Zertifikate zum digitalen Signieren / Verschlüsseln von E-Mails verwenden. Wer betroffen ist, muss neue S/MIME-Zertifikate beantragen, benötigt die abgelaufenen Zertifikate aber noch zum Entschlüsseln bereits empfangener E-Mails.