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Latest WatchGuard Report Reveals Rise in
Threat Actors Exploiting Remote Access
By Marc Laliberte, Director of Security Operations at WatchGuard Technologies
Cybersecurity threats continue to grow, with the threat landscape constantly evolving and hackers
employing increasingly sophisticated and unpredictable methods. With an ongoing cybersecurity skills
shortage, the need for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), unified security and automated platforms to
bolster cybersecurity and protect organizations from the ever-evolving threat landscape has never been
greater.
Each quarter WatchGuard Technologies publishes an Internet Security Report that provides insight into
the top malware trends and network security threats over the previous three months. Key findings from
the Threat Labs Q3 2023 Internet Security Report shows increasing instances of remote access software
abuse, the rise of cyber adversaries using password-stealers and info-stealers to obtain valuable
credentials, and threat actors pivoting from utilizing scripting to employing other living-off-the-land
techniques to initiate an endpoint attack.
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