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...

Bob Erdman appeared on this week’s Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast to discuss the joint effort between Microsoft and Fortra to tackle the illegal use of cracked Cobalt Strike software.