News Article
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.
Guide
Avoid These Common Ransomware Prevention Oversights
Most breaches and data losses are caused by simple "honest" mistakes that inadvertently create security weaknesses for attackers to target. In fact 68% of data breaches originate from some type of non-malicious human element*. When it comes to ransomware prevention, if you focus too intently on your defensive cybersecurity tactics, you may be overlooking some fundamental security measures, like...
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Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG): Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q2 2024
By John Wilson on Wed, 08/28/2024
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).
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.
News Article
Techopedia: FishXProxy: Dark Web’s Next-Gen ‘Ultimate Phishing Toolkit’ Alarms Experts
By Michael Tyler on Fri, 08/02/2024
In this Techopedia article, Michael Tyler discusses new phishing malware kit FishXProxy.
Blog
Managing the Rising Tide of CVEs
By Mieng Lim on Fri, 07/26/2024
If you are watching recent security stats, you’ll likely spot an alarming trend.Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are on the rise and expected to increase by 25% in 2024, reaching 2,900 CVEs per month¹. It’s not a huge surprise that the number of known vulnerabilities is growing, given the proliferation of systems and software. Unfortunately, average time to remediation is increasing as...
Blog
What Is Vulnerability Management? Process & Use Cases
By Antonio Sanchez on Tue, 07/23/2024
Recent years have seen confusion around how to define vulnerability management. In this blog, security expert Antonio Sanchez sets the record straight, exploring the technology’s process and use cases.
Blog
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...
News Article
Cyber Defense Magazine: New Phishing Campaign Using AI Generated Emails, Human Live Chat to Target Social Media Business Accounts
By Michael Tyler on Fri, 06/28/2024
In this Cyber Defense Magazine article, Michael Tyler, Sr. Director of Security Operations at Fortra, discusses a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Meta business accounts. He explains the tactics behind the campaign and shares tips to protect against it.
News Article
IT Nerd: Exclusive Insights from Fortra’s 2024 Penetration Testing Report
By Chris Reffkin on Fri, 06/28/2024
Fortra CISO Chris Reffkin spoke with IT Nerd and shared valuable insights from Fortra’s 2024 Penetration Testing Report.
Demo
Watch a Demo of Fortra Vulnerability Management
Fortra Vulnerability Management (formerly Frontline VM) is more than a scan. This risk-based, scalable VM solution streamlines vulnerability identification and prioritization, producing accurate, actionable reports that empower quick remediation. Whether your team is just beginning network security assessments or establishing on-going, automated assessments and reporting, our feature-rich VM is...
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Best Life: How to Identify Phishing Emails
Fri, 06/14/2024
Struggling to identify phishing emails? Theo Zafirakos shared valuable tips on how to spot email scams and stay safe.
News Article
Healthcare IT News: HHS Offers $50M to Help Providers Patch Ransomware Vulnerabilities
By Tyler Reguly on Fri, 06/07/2024
Is AI enough to help organizations keep up with constantly changing vulnerabilities? Tyler Reguly spoke with Healthcare IT News and shared his take on it.
News Article
ComputerWeekly: Critical Sharepoint, Qakbot-Linked Flaws Focus of May Patch Tuesday
By Tyler Reguly on Fri, 06/07/2024
Tyler Reguly spoke with ComputerWeekly about the elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Windows DWM Core Library.
News Article
Investopedia: How to Report Identity Theft
By John Wilson on Fri, 06/07/2024
What should you do if you’ve experienced identity theft? In his discussion with Investopedia, John Wilson highlights the steps to take if your identity is stolen and shares tips on how to prevent it in the first place.
Blog
Major Launches Announced on Release Day 2024.2
Fri, 05/17/2024
About Fortra’s Release Day
Each quarter, we at Fortra get to roll out the fruits of our labors for the past few months. We showcase new features, updates, and even products.
This Release Day features several groundbreaking projects. We’ve broken into the XDR arena and are thrilled to introduce you to our new offering. We’ve issued major releases for over a half-dozen of our flagship products....