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Most security tools generate alerts and leave the rest to you. Organizations are already drowning in noise, short on time, and stretched thin on security staff. WatchGuard Total MDR replaces noise with action by delivering the response your team doesn’t have time for. This fully managed, 24/7 MDR service continuously monitors detections across your environment across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud to take real action when threats strike.

AI is often compared to electricity, but without trust, it’s just a live wire. As organizations adopt AI to move faster, reduce manual effort, and push the boundaries of what’s possible, one truth is becoming clear: trust in AI isn’t optional. It’s foundational. And for software development teams, AI Trust is now the north star that guides safe, scalable innovation.

In the current digital landscape, email security has become ever more important as cybercriminals frequently exploit vulnerabilities in email architectures to launch phishing attacks, steal sensitive information, and spoof legitimate domains. Since 2012, DMARC has become a cornerstone of modern email security, reducing the cyberattacks that occur via phishing and spoofing attacks in the process.

Digital wallets are the gateway to on-chain applications—and the expectations for how they’re delivered have changed. Product and engineering teams want more speed, less complexity, and full control over the user experience. They’re looking to test in hours, and go live this week. That’s exactly why we launched Embedded Wallets: a faster, lighter way to deploy white-labeled, secure self-custody wallets inside any app or service. No backend dependencies. No weeks-long integration.

We’re excited to share that Elastic has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025. At Elastic, we believe security starts with the data. Elastic Security enables teams to detect, investigate, and respond to threats at scale, without lock-in or limits — powered by the speed and flexibility of Elasticsearch — and is grounded in a commitment to openness, innovation, and customer control.

Ever wondered what really drives today's cyberattacks? It's not always just about stealing data or demanding a ransom. Motives can vary widely depending on the attacker, their intent, and their capabilities. In the most simple terms, a cyberattack is a malicious intent to access, steal, expose, or destroy data and systems without authorized access. Every attack typically involves a motive or goal, a method of execution, and a vulnerability that's exploited to achieve the intended outcome.

You've made the investment. Microsoft Defender XDR is deployed across your endpoints while Sentinel aggregates logs and generates alerts. Your security operations team completed initial training and familiarized themselves with the new tools. On paper, you have a modern security operation powered by Microsoft's robust security stack.

Another breach? Not quite. You’ve probably seen the headlines: “16 billion passwords leaked in the largest breach ever.” It sounds like a cybersecurity doomsday event. Media outlets ran with it. Even seasoned security leaders reposted it in alarm. Here’s the truth: this isn’t a fresh breach. No, Google, Meta, and Apple weren’t hacked. What actually happened is that a massive trove of previously stolen credentials was released.

Ransomware attacks are surging, and Bitsight data shows just how dramatic the rise has been. Our cyber threat intelligence (CTI) researchers observed a nearly 25% increase in unique ransomware victims listed on leak sites in 2024.

Organizations often assume that restoring a backup to a patched environment eliminates threats. However, backups encapsulate both data and schema objects, including triggers. A compromised backup, often taken after an initial breach, may contain hidden triggers that reactivate the attacker’s access upon restore. This post explores how malicious triggers in compromised backups can serve as persistence mechanisms for attackers and how to mitigate this threat.