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Australia Passes Privacy Amendment Bill 2024: First Wave of New Reforms

On 28 November 2024, the Australian government passed the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth), putting a major point in the column of Australian privacy rights. The Bill was signed into law just days after the Australian Senate approved another landmark piece of privacy legislation, the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth). Both received Royal Assent on 29 November 2024 and are now...
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Patch Tuesday Update December 2024

While not the smallest December Patch Tuesday we’ve ever had, there are only 72 CVEs this month, with only one that has been publicly disclosed and exploited and one that scores above a CVSS 9.0. 
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BEC Global Insights Report: November 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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What Are Government Security Classifications (GSC)?

GSC is a policy system used by the UK government and public sector organizations to classify information and data assets. This system helps manage and protect information from threats and breaches by providing guidelines on handling specific types of information.The GSC utilizes three classification tiers: OFFICIAL, SECRET, and TOP SECRET, each representing a different level of sensitivity...
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Cloudflare’s pages.dev and workers.dev Domains Increasingly Abused for Phishing

IntroductionFortra has observed a rising trend in legitimate service abuse, with a significant volume of attacks targeting Cloudflare Pages. Workers.dev is a domain used by Cloudflare Workers’ deployment services, while Pages.dev is used by Cloudflare’s Pages platform that facilitates the development of web pages and sites. Fortra’s Suspicious Email Analysis (SEA) team has identified different...
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What’s On the Security Horizon for 2025? Fortra’s Experts Predict

From customers probing about vendors’ supply chain practices to attackers threatening victims with personal health information, the cybersecurity landscape is increasingly pushing its way out of the shadows and into the limelight — for better or worse. See what these Fortra experts have to say on the trends facing the industry in 2025.
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Patch Tuesday Update - November 2024

Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.54.0 and FVM Agent 2.15 releases.Microsoft addressed 89 vulnerabilities in this release, including 4 rated as Critical and 51 Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities.This release also includes fixes for two vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed and exploited in the wild.CVE-2024-43451 NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing...
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BEC Global Insights Report: October 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.