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Where’s the Tipping Point? 6 Signs It’s Time for an MSSP

Wed, 10/30/2024
Explore six signs it’s time for your business to partner with a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). From rising security incidents to compliance demands and cost savings, learn how Fortra’s Alert Logic can strengthen your defenses with expert threat intelligence and 24/7 protection.
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Nov
21

Tackling the CIS: One Control at a Time

10:00 - 11:00am CST
Matthew Jerzewski
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Critical Security Controls (CSC) are a trusted source of truth in the cybersecurity community. Many organizations implement the CIS CSC framework to ensure their cybersecurity programs are functioning at peak effectiveness. The latest iteration, CIS CSC v8.1, was released earlier this year. Join Matthew Jerzewski, Cybersecurity Researcher...
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How to Proactively Harden Your Environment Against Compromised Credentials

Wed, 10/23/2024
How many user accounts do you have? Emails, social media, online shopping, streaming services—and that doesn’t even begin to account for professional logins. By the time you add them all up, it’s likely one hundred or more unique accounts.According to NordPass, the average user maintains an average of 168 logins for personal purposes, and no less than 87 for the workplace. This is an extraordinary...
Dark Reading - featuring Tyler Reguly
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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.
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CSO Online - featuring Tyler Reguly
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​​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.​
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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...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
IT Infrastructure Protection
Offensive Security
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...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
IT Infrastructure Protection
Offensive Security
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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,...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
IT Infrastructure Protection
ITSecurityWire
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How to Fortify Defenses Before Threats Materialize

By Chris Reffkin on Mon, 09/09/2024
Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and frequent, yet many organizations still face challenges due to limited resources. In ITSecurityWire, Fortra's Chris Reffkin highlights prioritizing remediation, closing the skills gap, and ongoing improvement.
IT Infrastructure Protection
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What Is the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)?

By Antonio Sanchez on Mon, 08/26/2024
The NIST Risk Management Framework, or RMF, is a voluntary 7-step process used to manage information security and privacy risks. By following the NIST RMF, organizations can successfully implement their own risk management programs, maintain compliance, and address the weaknesses that present the greatest danger to their enterprise.
Fortra Datasheet
Datasheet

Fortra’s Email Security Bundles Datasheet

Fortra Email Security makes it easy to deploy interoperable layers of defense that span the entire threat lifecycle from pre-delivery staging to post-delivery via an integrated solution that automates phish reporting, triage, and remediation.
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Datasheet

Tripwire Enterprise and IBM i

Many of the world's largest companies rely on IBM i operating on IBM Power Servers as their strategic platform for business-critical activities such as retail, distribution, logistics, banking, manufacturing planning, healthcare, insurance, hospitality management, government administration, and legal case management. Given the widespread use of the IBM i operating system, advanced cybersecurity...
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3 Components of a Proactive Security Strategy 

By Mieng Lim on Mon, 07/22/2024
Your organization might have many cybersecurity defenses in place, but defenses alone are not enough to protect you from today’s multi-faceted cyberattacks. Proactively adding a layer of offensive security assessment and testing helps you pinpoint your system weaknesses before they are exploited. Proactive security measures help you stay ahead of attackers by:Identifying vulnerabilities and...
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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...
Infrastructure and Data Protection
IT Infrastructure Protection
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Aug
01

FIM Isn’t Just for Files Anymore

10:00 - 11:00am CDT
John Salmi
File integrity monitoring was invented by Tripwire’s founder over 25 years ago and has evolved over time to become one of the most important security controls — so critical, in fact, that it’s required by major compliance standards like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). But what a lot of cybersecurity professionals aren’t familiar with is how FIM has...
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