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Fortra’s Digital Defense Wins Infosec Innovators Award for Vulnerability Management
Fortra today announced that Digital Defense has been named “Editor’s Choice” for Vulnerability Management in Cyber Defense Magazine’s InfoSec Innovator Awards 2023.
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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.
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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 approach...
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2023 Pen Testing Report
Over the years, penetration testing has become an integral component in proactive approaches to security, evaluating and prioritizing risk before breaches occur. Through the exploitation of identified security vulnerabilities, penetration testing can effectively measure the feasibility of systems or end-user compromise and evaluate any related consequences such incidents may have on the involved...
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Response-Based Email Threats Targeting Corporate Inboxes Are The Highest Since 2020, According To Fortra's Latest Agari And PhishLabs Report
Response-based attacks targeting corporate inboxes have climbed to their highest volume since 2020, representing 41 percent of all email-based scams targeting employees, during Q2 of this year. This is according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from Agari and PhishLabs, part of the Fortra cybersecurity portfolio.
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Forbes: Scammers are Cracking Today’s More Secure Passwords
In his latest Forbes Advisor article, John Wilson, Senior Fellow, Threat Research at Fortra, looks at how fraudsters are targeting multifactor authentication and provides 3 ways to protect yourself.
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Vishing Attacks Reach All Time High According to Latest Agari and PhishLabs Report
Vishing (voice phishing) cases have increased almost 550 percent over the last twelve months (Q1 2022 to Q1 2021), according to the latest Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report from Agari and PhishLabs, both of which are part of the Fortra cybersecurity portfolio.
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Safety Detectives Interview With Mike Jones – Fortra's Agari
Find out how Agari’s brand protection product help organizations secure their email and why the current stress on the world’s global supply chain makes them more vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
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Ransomware Remains a Threat 30 Years On
At the ripe old age or 30, ransomware is nothing new. However, attack methods have evolved and so must our defenses.
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5 Things You Need To Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
In Authority Magazine, Tyler Gallagher interviews John Wilson of Agari by Fortra to find out how companies can optimize their approach to data privacy and security.
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What Firms Should Know About A New Python Ransomware that Targets VMs
Sophos recently observed a new python-based ransomware attack. Mieng Lim joins the commentary in this CXO Today article.
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What can Organizations do to Reduce the Risk of Ransomware?
With the news that the Biden Administration is bringing together 30 countries to discuss and address the threat of ransomware later this month, Digital Defense provides insight on how organizations can reduce their risk in this IT Nerd guest blog.
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Creating a Culture of Security for Social Butterflies
Organizations today are challenged to find a balance between encouraging employees to use social media for business while staying mindful of the potential security threats.
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Phishing Sustains Near-Record Levels Through the First Half of 2021
Agari by Fortra features in APWG's Q2 Phishing Activity Trends Report.
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Identifying Threats in the Network with Digital Defense’s Frontline.Cloud Solution
The onset of the pandemic and subsequent boom in remote working forced many organizations to accelerate their digital transformation programs. But in the rush to migrate to the cloud and against a backdrop of evolving cyber threats, are organizations leaving themselves vulnerable to cyber-attacks?
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Savvy Cyber Criminals Using Employees' Social Media Habits as a Weapon Against Companies
How do cyber criminals use the social media habits of employees to infiltrate organizations? Find out in this report.
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Despite the headlines, there's no need to feel hopeless about cybersecurity
What lessons are to be learned from the many cyber-attacks we hear about in the news? The advice from Mark Bell, Managing Director, Digital Defense by Fortra, is that companies shouldn’t lose hope.
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How International Scam Artists Pulled Off an Epic Theft of Covid Benefits
In this article by NBC News, spokespeople from Agari explain how threat actors used email to fraudulently claim Covid relief unemployment benefits.