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Provider to Advisor: The MSP Shift Toward Risk Leadership | WatchGuard Webinar

Most MSP client reviews cover what got installed. The endpoint agent was deployed, the firewall rules were tuned, and the tickets were closed inside the SLA. Meanwhile, boards, insurers, and auditors are asking for something more: a clear account of the business's current security and compliance risks. The partner who can provide that answer earns client trust and increases credibility.

One Image to Root Them All - The 443 Podcast - Episode 388

This week on the podcast, we break down how a heap overflow in an image-decoding library nobody thinks about became a pull request inside OpenAI's internal monorepo. Three researchers chained it with an OpenAI single sign-on flaw to hijack employee ChatGPT and Codex accounts in under 72 hours; and had an AI write the exploit for them. Before that, we cover the actively exploited maximum-severity authentication bypass in Cisco's Identity Services Engine. Then we close with RatHat, a new Android malware that enables Wireless Debugging, reads its own pairing code from the screen, and asks a commercial AI assistant where to tap.

Unlock MSP Growth: How AI Drives Operational Efficiency and New Revenue | WatchGuard Webinar

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future consideration for MSPs because it is already reshaping how leading providers run their businesses, protect their clients, and create new revenue streams. Separating real business value from hype requires a clear-eyed, practitioner-driven perspective.

Attackers Have Changed Their Playbook. Has Your Security Strategy Changed With Them?

Cybersecurity teams have spent years preparing for malware, ransomware, and high-volume attacks. Yet the latest WatchGuard Global Threat Report reveals a more nuanced and potentially more dangerous reality: attackers are becoming quieter, more evasive, and increasingly reliant on stolen credentials, legitimate tools, encrypted communications, and long-known vulnerabilities. For MSPs and IT leaders, the challenge isn't simply understanding these trends.

More Vulnerabilities Are Being Found Than Ever Before. That's Good News.

If you've glanced at a vulnerability tracker lately, the numbers look alarming. The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) now projects roughly 66,000 CVEs will be published in 2026; up from a February forecast of 59,427 and closing in on 70,000 by some counts. That would follow a record 2025, which finished at roughly 48,000 disclosed CVEs, itself a sharp climb from about 40,000 the year before. It's tempting to read that curve as a sign that software is getting worse. It isn't.

Cloud Risk Management for MSPs: From Visibility to Control

Guest post by Neil Holme, Founder and CEO of Impact Business Technology, a WatchGuard partner. The cloud environments MSPs manage change every week. Clients adopt new SaaS applications, AI tools, and collaboration services, making it difficult to track what is in use, how it is configured, and which access permissions remain active. Exposure grows without a clear warning sign until an incident occurs. The cloud is also the fastest-growing attack surface an MSP manages.

The Cyber Resilience Act: What MSPs Need to Know About the New European Guidance

The European Commission has published its first official guidance to help businesses implement the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)—the EU regulation establishing cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements. The timeline is critical: reporting obligations for actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents take effect on September 11, 2026, while the core CRA requirements will become mandatory from December 11, 2027.

Skynet Comes Online - The 443 Podcast - Episode 386

This week, dive into OpenAI's and METR's analysis of the rogue OpenAI agents that hacked Hugging Face back in July. We go over the full attack timeline discussing the multiple message boards the agents created and the ultimate goal of their attack against Hugging Face and trust us, its as crazy as it gets. Before that, we discuss a recent dark web service that popped up selling 153 million stolen drivers licenses before discussing a research post into a malware implant discovered in inexpensive Chinese routers.

When Vulnerability Databases Are No Longer Enough

The NIST’s changes in how the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) operates have fundamentally shifted how organizations interpret the vulnerabilities published in this go-to registry. In the past, the NVD provided vulnerability enrichment data, such as CVSS scores, affected products, CWE classifications, and reference links.