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Powertech Antivirus Comparison Checklist

Discover the qualities that set Powertech Antivirus apart, including native scanning for IBM Systems, a commercial grade scan engine, and exceptional support.
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Celebrate Data Privacy Day

Celebrate Data Privacy Day 2025 with a refresher on best practices for collecting, using and sharing personal data. In light of ongoing data breaches, protecting sensitive information must be top of mind for everyone.
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Patch Tuesday Update January 2025

Microsoft definitely didn’t want to waste any time jumping into 2025 patching 161 CVEs with the January Patch Tuesday. There are 159 CVEs issued by Microsoft, 1 by CERT CC, and 1 by GitHub.
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VERT Threat Alert: January 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2025 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1139 as soon as coverage is completed.In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEsCVE-2025-21333The first of three Hyper-V vulnerabilities this month is a heap-based buffer overflow that leads to privilege escalation to SYSTEM. Microsoft has reported this...
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BEC Global Insights Report: December 2024

The monthly Global BEC Insights Report from Fortra presents a comprehensive analysis of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) employed by BEC threat actors. This report draws on extensive intelligence gathered from hundreds of active defense engagements conducted throughout the month. Key insights include geolocation data, attack volume, and the variety of scams, such as payroll diversion and advance fee fraud. The report also highlights the use of gift cards in scams, the requested amounts in wire transfer fraud, and the banks and webmail providers frequently targeted by attackers. These findings provide a critical understanding of the evolving BEC threat landscape.
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Evolving Cyber Resilience

Explore how treating cybersecurity challenges like a biological ecosystem can simplify complexity, reduce redundancies, and build a resilient, adaptive security posture. Learn to classify problems, trace evolutionary patterns, and create a scalable cyber ecosystem for long-term success.
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Highlights from Release Day 2025.1

Fortra’s 2025.1 Release Day includes improvements to email security, managed file transfer, data classification, security awareness training, and more.
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Riskiest Social Media Platforms, Q4 2024

Every quarter, Fortra analyzes thousands of social media incidents to identify the top threats and trends plaguing organizations, their brands, and employees. Social media is a highly attractive environment to cyber attackers due to the large user base, constant flow of information, and the shift of younger generations relying more on social platforms for information instead of web searches. This...