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Cobalt Strike abusers have been dealt a hammer blow: An “aggressive” takedown campaign by Fortra and Microsoft shuttered over 200 malicious domains – and it’s cut the misuse of the tool by 80%
Malicious use of penetration testing tool Cobalt Strike and other legitimate tools has been significantly curtailed after an “aggressive campaign” by its developer Fortra and Microsoft. Fortra teamed up with Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to mitigate the use of unauthorized, legacy copies of Cobalt Strike and compromised Microsoft software in…
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Vendor Spotlight: Fortra
Fortra has only existed since 2022 but that name is a rebrand of a much older company. Tracing the history of the company back to its origin takes us to 1982. The business has acquired a lot of useful products by buying up other companies, increasingly focusing on cybersecurity systems. The company is still private and largely owned by a…
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