News Article
Black Hat 2023: Bob Erdman on the Dark Reading News Desk
By Bob Erdman on Mon, 08/21/2023
Bob Erdman joined the Dark Reading News Desk live at Black Hat 2023. He spoke about Fortra’s collaboration with Microsoft and Health-ISAC to stop unauthorized software usage.
News Article
Security Weekly: Email Impersonation Threats Reaching Corporate Inboxes Hit An All-Time High
By John Wilson on Mon, 08/21/2023
During his recent interview with SC Media Security Weekly Podcast, John Wilson delves deep into threat actors' common techniques and shares strategies for defending against email impersonation.
Press Release
Fortra Introduces New Integrations for Offensive Security
Fortra today announced new integrations for its offensive security solutions that streamline capabilities for vulnerability management, penetration testing, and red teaming. Working together, the solutions apply the same techniques used by threat actors to identify and exploit gaps in an organizations’ security. With this proactive security approach, customers can find and fix weaknesses in their security posture before they are exploited.
News Article
ABC11 EyewitnessNews: FBI Warns of Teens Being Targeted in Sextortion Scams
By John Wilson on Tue, 08/01/2023
The FBI has issued a warning about teenagers being targeted in sextortion scams. John Wilson spoke to ABC11 EyewitnessNews about the techniques the scammers use.
News Article
Cybersecurity Insiders: The Looming Threat of Business Email Compromise
By John Wilson on Thu, 07/20/2023
How can organizations protect themselves from business email compromise (BEC)? John Wilson spoke to Cybersecurity Insiders about the complexities of these threats and shared important insights from Fortra's latest report on BEC.
News Article
SC Media: Malicious Emails Pelting Inboxes Hit All-time High in Q1, 2023
Tue, 07/18/2023
According to the latest research by Fortra’s PhishLabs, in Q1 2023, about a quarter of emails landing in inboxes were classified as “do not engage” or malicious. SC Media shared key insights from the report.
News Article
The Last Watchdog: Fortra Researchers Find Email Impersonation Attacks Climbing to an All-Time High
By John Wilson on Mon, 07/17/2023
John Wilson spoke to The Last Watchdog and discussed the key findings of Fortra’s recent research on business email compromise (BEC).
Guide
Is Your Data Protection Plan Missing Something?
As businesses produce prolific amounts of data, security strategists need to know how to secure it. Without organizing new swaths of information, unstructured data could languish on servers and remain undetected and unprotected. Data protection services are built to help organizations take charge of their digital assets and create a culture of data hygiene that will ensure all...
Blog
99% of User-Related Threats Are Email Impersonation Attempts
Wed, 06/21/2023
Threats in corporate inboxes hit new highs with a quarter of all reported emails classified as malicious or untrustworthy. 99% of these threats were email impersonation threats, such as BEC and credential theft lures, that lack attachments or URLs delivering malware payloads. Cybercriminals continue to bypass traditional email security tools and reach end users by impersonating...
Blog
Untrustworthy Email in Inboxes Reaches All-Time High
Thu, 06/01/2023
In Q1, the volume of emails classified as malicious or do not engage reached nearly a quarter of all reported emails. This is the highest combined volume of these categories since Fortra’s PhishLabs has documented this data point. Of those classified as malicious, threats considered email impersonation or, those lacking known signatures, made up a significant 98.7%.
Every...
Fortra Cybersecurity Software Bundles
Learn how Fortra software bundles feature powerful product combinations that solve complex cybersecurity challenges in innovative ways.
Offensive Security Product Bundles
Our modern threat landscape is constantly evolving, and a proactive approach must now be as central to any security strategy as defensive tactics. Reactive controls will always be a necessity, but organizations can also work to reduce the attack surface by anticipating a breach and detecting and responding to security weaknesses before serious impact is felt.
Get ahead of attackers ...
Blog
Data Classification and Data Loss Prevention (DLP): A Comprehensive Data Protection Strategy
Tue, 05/23/2023
Data is the world’s currency and has been for some time. Protecting data should be at the top of the list for organizations of any size, and the heart of any security strategy. Think about it: the purpose of any firewall, email solution, compliance regulation, or XDR platform is to keep data safe. Why not cut to the heart of it with a dedicated Data Loss Prevention (DLP)...
Blog
What Is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?
Wed, 04/26/2023
The proliferation of cloud computing has heightened the need for organizations to monitor and manage the safe use of cloud services. Cloud access security brokers, or CASBs, provide the necessary security features to protect cloud-based resources as they’re accessed while also detecting threats and controlling data that flows through the cloud.
What Are the 4 Pillars of Cloud...
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...
News Article
Authority Magazine: What It Takes To Become A Cyber Executive, Today
Adam Burns spoke to Authority Magazine about his career journey and discussed exciting new developments and potential threats in cybersecurity.
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.
News Article
ConsumerAffairs: Phishing Attempts are Growing Like Wildfire and Becoming Harder to Detect
John Wilson spoke to ConsumerAffairs about today’s phishing scam scene and provided tips to recognize legitimate emails from phishing attempts.