Marks 10th time in a row that Fortinet is in the Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sep 18, 2019 John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet“Fortinet continues to be a clear leader in the network firewall market. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform removes complexity and provides automated and broad protection ...

A new variant of HDDCryptor aka Mamba (detected by Trend Micro as Ransom.Win64.MCRYPT.SMB) was uncovered recently. The ransomware has been known to use DiskCryptor to encrypt disk and network files and overwrite the Master Boot Record (MBR). Iterations of the ransomware were previously seen in attacks against the San Francisco Municipal Transport Agency (SFMTA) in 2016 and a number ...

A new family of malware with an apparent connection to the notorious Ryuk ransomware was uncovered — but instead of encrypting files, they were found targeting government-, military-, and finance-related files. Trend Micro detects this threat as Ransom.Win32.RYUK.THIABAI and proactively detects this as Troj.Win32.TRX.XXPE50FFF031 through machine learning detection capabilities built in into Trend Micro solutions. Found and analyzed by security ...

Infrastructure? Who needs it. The modern organization is ditching traditional on-premise software and related infrastructure in favor of software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings.  SaaS provides attractive and often essential options for reducing CapEx, operational overhead and decreased deployment time — all of which translate into increased business agility. But the increased agility isn’t without risks. Eager to keep ...

Identifying mission-critical information assets is essential in designing an effective security architecture. What assets demand the best defenses and protection? Protecting information and data has never been as vital as it is today. The dawn of stringent data protection and privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) not ...

Fortinet is proud to announce that we have been awarded the Best Network Security Appliance award from SE Labs – one of the most respected labs in the testing community. SE Labs has been testing our FortiGate products for the past three years, and in addition to this accolade, have awarded a AAA rating to the FortiGate solution for the ...