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News Article
Dark Reading: Novel Exploit Chain Enables Windows UAC Bypass
By Tyler Reguly on Thu, 10/10/2024
Fortra's security research team has identified a novel exploit chain, tracked as CVE-2024-6769, which allows attackers to bypass Windows User Access Control (UAC) and escalate privileges to gain full system control.
News Article
Global Security Mag: Microsoft Vulnerability CVE-2024-6769 Now Public on Fortra.com
Wed, 10/09/2024
Fortra researchers are urging organizations to be vigilant about potential risks associated with a vulnerability affecting Microsoft systems.
News Article
CSO: Microsoft privilege escalation issue forces the debate: ‘When is something a security hole?’
By Tyler Reguly on Wed, 10/09/2024
CSO covered Fortra’s disclosure of a Microsoft privilege escalation issue that allows attackers to bypass UAC prompts. Fortra's Tyler Reguly explained that this bypass removes key security checks, posing a risk. Microsoft disagrees, calling it a convenience issue, but the debate continues.
Blog
CVE-2024-6769: Poisoning the Activation Cache to Elevate From Medium to High Integrity
By Ricardo Narvaja on Thu, 09/26/2024
This blog is about two chained bugs: Stage one is a DLL Hijacking bug caused by the remapping of ROOT drive and stage two is an Activation Cache Poisoning bug managed by the CSRSS server.The first stage was presented in detail at Ekoparty 2023 in the presentation called "I'm High" by Nicolás Economou from BlueFrost Security. He explained how to exploit the vulnerability which, at the time, had not...
Guide
Decoding the Attacker Mindset: Pen Testing Revelations
Cybersecurity isn't just about defense—it's about understanding the offense. With penetration testing, organizations can learn to think like an attacker and develop more proactive strategies that anticipate attacks. In this guide, explore 5 scenarios that provide insight into the methods and techniques deployed in real-world pen testing engagements, including: Using a password spray attack to...
Blog
Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30051)
By Ricardo Narvaja on Mon, 09/09/2024
In this blog post, I will explain a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Desktop Windows Manager (DWM) Core library that I analyzed when the exploit for Core Impact was being developed. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged attacker to execute code as a DWM user with Integrity System privileges (CVE-2024-30051).Since there was not enough public information at the time to develop the exploit,...
Blog
Is Your Data REALLY Safe on the IBM i (AS/400)?
By Tom Huntington on Thu, 08/29/2024
Discover the three things you can do, starting today, to ensure your data is properly secured on your IBM i (AS/400).
Guide
Guide to Creating a Proactive Cybersecurity Strategy
Cyber attacks are common, with 89% of companies experiencing an attack in the last 12 months*. It’s time to stop asking if attacks will occur and start asking if you can stop attacks from being successful. One of the best ways to answer this question is by employing a proactive security program. Using assessment and testing to harden your cybersecurity measures, proactive security: Uncovers...
Guide
How to Use Upskilling and Reskilling to Scale Your Cybersecurity Team
The cybersecurity skills shortage is not just an ongoing inconvenience—it is a serious vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers. But how can organizations go about patching this gap while the talent gap endures? The answer lies in leveraging the resources you already have on hand: your existing workforce. How do you transform your existing personnel to meet today’s cybersecurity demands?...
News Article
The AI Journal: From Criminal Pastime to Cybersecurity Tool
Thu, 03/14/2024
Ethical hacking has become one of the most powerful tools for preventing cyber threats. Kyle Gaertner spoke with The AI Journal about the tool's importance.
Guide
Fortra's Complete Guide to Layered Offensive Security
Most organizations have a decent understanding of the types of defensive security tactics they need to employ to thwart cyberattacks. But offensive security techniques are just as important for detecting existing vulnerabilities that a threat actor has yet to discover and exploit.
Learn how to approach offensive security from the ground up, including the value of using a layered security...
Datasheet
How Fortra Supports the Zero Trust Journey
What Zero Trust means, tips for getting started, and how Fortra solutions support your Zero Trust security journey.
Datasheet
Advanced Red Team Bundle
Core Impact, Cobalt Strike, and Outflank Security Tooling (OST) are three powerful security solutions that use the same techniques as today’s threat actors in order to safely evaluate organizational infrastructures and provide guidance on closing security gaps, enhancing defenses, and creating more resilient security strategies.
Core Impact is an automated penetration testing tool, typically...
On-Demand Webinar
Fortra’s Penetration Testing Solution for Offensive Security
By Nick Hogg
Cybersecurity is no longer a one-dimensional, defensive only mind-set. Attacks have become multi-pronged and organizational security solutions also need to act offensively. Proactive, layered offensive security should include multiple security solutions, including penetration testing, to uncover security risks before they’re exploited.
Fortra’s Core Impact enables security teams to go on the...
On-Demand Webinar
Fortra’s Vulnerability Management Solutions for Proactive Security
By Nick Hogg
Cybersecurity needs have grown well beyond antiviruses and firewalls. Proactive, offensive security measures are crucial to help avoid the damaging effects of an attack, including customer and credibility loss, compliance penalties, and expensive corrective security actions.
Fortra Vulnerability Manager, formerly Frontline VM, and beSTORM Dynamic Application Black Box Fuzzer can save your team...
Blog
Secure Data Sharing Solves These 3 Cybersecurity Challenges
Thu, 03/10/2022
As more of your organization's data is shared, protecting it gets more difficult. Securing your data-sharing capabilities solves these 3 challenges.
On-Demand Webinar
How to Protect Your Data with Layered Security
By Nick Hogg
Does your organization need to better protect data across its entire lifecycle, from when it’s created to when it leaves the organization? Learn how to protect your data with layered security.
Blog
Data-Centric Security: What is it and Why Does it Matter?
By Steph Charbonneau on Mon, 11/29/2021
A data-centric security architecture takes data security a vital step further to protect the actual data from ever-increasing data breach threats.