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.

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...

Fortra’s Tyler Reguly was recently featured on the Adopting Zero Trust podcast, where he delved into the critical role of vulnerability management within a Zero Trust framework.

Theo Zafirakos recently spoke with The SupplyChainBrain Podcast to address third-party risk management, detail incident response plans and answer the question everyone is asking: Is artificial intelligence the answer to, or bane of, supply chain cybersecurity?

Supply chain cyberattacks can trigger widespread disruptions, impacting multiple business functions and areas with compounded, cascading effects. In this article in Supply Chain Digital, Theo Zafirakos outlines strategies companies can put in place to guard against supply chain attacks.

In this Techopedia article, Michael Tyler discusses new phishing malware kit FishXProxy.