Hackers are constantly changing their tactics and using new technologies to infiltrate systems, leaving companies in a constant battle to protect their security. In a recent Hosting Advice article, Rohit Dhamankar dives into how cyber threats keep evolving and why businesses need to tweak their security game.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q2 2024, offering an in-depth analysis of recent phishing attacks and identity theft techniques. Fortra contributed to this report, with John Wilson providing insights on business email compromise (BEC).

Cybersecurity researchers have found a new vulnerability in Windows that allows threat actors to completely brick devices and cause serious data loss.

Fortra’s discovery of CVE-2024-6768 comes on the heels of the Crowdstrike outage, which also led to the blue screen of death.

CVE-2024-6768 can cause a Blue Screen of Death on Windows 10 and 11 PCs, even if all updates have been applied. Fortunately, this vulnerability requires attackers to have physical access to the targeted machine.

A Fortra researcher found a simple bug in the Common Log File System (CLFS) driver that can instantly trigger the infamous blue screen of death across any recent versions of Windows.

Fortra recently uncovered a vulnerability in Windows that can cause a blue screen of death. Today, Fortra issued an advisory for Windows vulnerability CVE-2024-6768. Originally published in Forbes.Excerpt: “The potential problems include system instability and denial of service,” Ricardo Narvaja, principal exploit writer with security company Fortra, and the author of the report, said, “malicious...