February 23, 2022 – The CSIA, National Security Agency, and FBI released a Joint Cyber Security Announcement today indicating that Cyclops Blink has been deployed to WatchGuard protected devices. This particularly insidious malware is thought to emanate from Sandworm, also known as Voodoo Bear, and said to originate from the Russian Main Center for Special Technologies.
In order to best secure your SSLVPN, it is recommended that you first reconfigure the default policy that is created. You will be able to control the user’s access based on the authentication group or account they are connected to the VPN with.
Given the requirements set through HIPAA, protecting medical information is critical. Through the WatchGuard firewall we can configure several pieces to ensure this personal data is secure.
In our previous article we discussed the newly-available IKEv2 mobile VPN and the benefits of moving your users to this version for remote connection. If your firewall is running firmware version 11.11.2 or higher, IKEv2 is also available for use in branch office VPNs (BOVPNs).
In this months entry, we discuss various methods for securing WatchGuard IPSec VPNs through the WatchGuard Policy Manager. We review multiple methods to ensure the Basic Security Suite and Total Security Suite services function through WatchGuard Mobile VPN.