Fortra continues to monitor malicious activity targeting Canadian banks by the Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) group known as LabHost. Throughout 2022 and 2023, phishing campaigns linked to PhaaS platforms have surged, as threat actors increasingly rely on subscription-based services to execute attacks. These platforms offer a range of features, including stolen industry branding, real-time...

Governments are responsible for carrying out their duties to defend the rights and safety of their citizens. Find out their role in the cyber landscape and how Fortra plays a part.

Since early 2022, Fortra has been monitoring a significant ongoing upward trend in fraud activity originating from various Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operations. Some of these services have thrived, while the popularity of others has diminished. One PhaaS operation that has notably been present throughout is Strox (aka Strox.su or Strox Pages). Strox is one of the most complete phishing...

As more of your organization's data is shared, protecting it gets more difficult. Securing your data-sharing capabilities solves these 3 challenges.

A data-centric security architecture takes data security a vital step further to protect the actual data from ever-increasing data breach threats.

Learn the Difference between Data Privacy and Data Security. Data privacy can’t happen without layered Data Security measures applied throughout the sensitive Data’s lifecycle.

Creating a corporate data security policy is a “must” in today’s evolving cybersecurity environment. Here’s a few tips on best practices.

GoAnywhere MFT for IBM i (iSeries) includes native commands for performing PGP encryption and decryption functions directly on the IBM i (formerly known as and often still called AS/400). These commands can be placed in CL programs, the job scheduler or run from IBM i menus. With GoAnywhere MFT, files can additionally be digitally signed with a private key on the IBM i. In turn, you can verify...

GoAnywhere MFT will automate and secure file transfers on the IBM i platform using Secure FTP, Open PGP and other popular protocols and encryption standards. GoAnywhere's IBM MFT can be installed on IBM iSeries - version 7.1 and higher on IBM Power Systems, as well as many other operating systems. Automates and secures file transfers with trading partners, customers and internal servers ...

Industry: Banking and Finance About a year ago, Think Mutual Bank, a bank located in the Midwest, was searching for a way to transfer data between disparate banking systems. Although Think Bank’s core system is the IBM i, the business banking segment runs on MS SQL. Getting all the data into one place (the IBM i), then copying updated files back to the MS SQL system was a challenge that had to be...

Canada’s data privacy laws may soon be changing. Brush up on what’s expected to change and how your organization can comply with stronger security safeguards.

On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order designed to improve the nation’s cybersecurity and to better protect federal government networks. Learn more about the executive order in our blog.

Securely storing documents and collaborating has never been easier. GoDrive, an EFSS solution from GoAnywhere, gives you control over your file sync and share and helps you meet your file security needs.

Since 2015, PhishLabs (now Fortra Brand Protection) has tracked how threat actors abuse HTTPS or SSL certs. In particular, threat actors often use HTTPS on their phishing sites to add a layer of legitimacy, better mimic the target site in question, and reduce being flagged or blocked from some browsers. In 2014, threat actors hit a significant milestone in this usage when more than 50% of phishing...