Fortinet has existing AV signatures and behaviour-based detections to detect and block Akira Ransomware, however it is always recommended to follow best practices and apply relavant patches to mitigate threat and reduce the likelihood/impact of ransomware incidents. https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/how-to-prevent-ransomware
- November 13, 2025: CISA and Partners Release Advisory Update on Akira Ransomwarehttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-109a
- April 19, 2024: FortiGuard Labs released a Threat Signalhttps://www.fortiguard.com/threat-signal-report/5426
- April 18, 2024: The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) are releasing this joint cyber security advisory (CSA):https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-109a
- October 12, 2023: Fortinet released a detailed blog on Akira Ransomwarehttps://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/ransomware-roundup-akira
Countermeasures across the security fabric for protecting assets, data and network from cybersecurity events:
Detects known malware related to the Outbreak
Detects known malware related to the Outbreak
Detects unknown malware related to Akira Ransomware
Detects and blocks attack attempts leveraging the vulnerability
Automated threat detection and response against advanced threats such as fileless threats and ransomware
Automated threat detection and response against advanced threats such as fileless threats and ransomware
Find and correlate important information to identify an outbreak, the following updates are available to raise alert and generate reports:
Develop containment techniques to mitigate impacts of security events:
Services that can automaticlly respond to this outbreak.
Experts to assist you with analysis, containment and response activities.
Improve security posture and processes by implementing security awareness and training, in preparation for (and recovery from) security incidents:
Train your network and security professionals and optimize your incident response to stay on top of the cyberattacks.
Raise security awareness to your employees that are continuously being targeted by phishing, drive-by download and other forms of cyberattacks.
Identify processes and assets that need protection:
Check Security Fabric devices to build actionable configuration recommendations and key indicators.
Know attackers next move to protect against your business branding.
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