Tag: firewall
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When Too Much Security Data Became the Risk
Rapid growth turned routine firewall logs into a security and budget liability. One CISO used artificial intelligence to filter what data truly belongs in the SIEM. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/too-much-security-data-risk
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When Too Much Security Data Became the Risk
Rapid growth turned routine firewall logs into a security and budget liability. One CISO used artificial intelligence to filter what data truly belongs in the SIEM. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/too-much-security-data-risk
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430,000 FortiGate Devices Exposed in FortiBleed Ransomware Link
FortiBleed exposed 430,000 FortiGate firewalls, linked to INC Ransom and Lynx, enabling domain compromise and at least 12 ransomware attacks. SOCRadar’s Threat Research Unit has connected FortiBleed, a large-scale campaign that harvested credentials from over 430,000 FortiGate firewalls worldwide, directly to two active ransomware operations: INC Ransom and Lynx. The link isn’t circumstantial. An operator…
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430,000 FortiGate Devices Exposed in FortiBleed Ransomware Link
FortiBleed exposed 430,000 FortiGate firewalls, linked to INC Ransom and Lynx, enabling domain compromise and at least 12 ransomware attacks. SOCRadar’s Threat Research Unit has connected FortiBleed, a large-scale campaign that harvested credentials from over 430,000 FortiGate firewalls worldwide, directly to two active ransomware operations: INC Ransom and Lynx. The link isn’t circumstantial. An operator…
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FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations
A direct operational link between the large-scale FortiBleed credential-harvesting campaign and two active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups: INC Ransom and Lynx. This finding provides the first confirmed evidence that mass theft of FortiGate credentials is being integrated into ransomware deployment processes, significantly increasing the threat posed by exposed firewall infrastructure. FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC and…
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Cloud-Firewalls von Check Point über AWS-European-Sovereign-Cloud verfügbar
Check Point gibt bekannt, dass das Unternehmen nun Partner der AWS-European-Sovereign-Cloud ist. Die Cloud-Firewalls von Check Point sind nun in der AWS-European-Sovereign-Cloud verfügbar und unterstützen damit Kunden in Europa noch besser. Die Lösungen von Check Point bieten präventive Sicherheit über Netzwerk-, Workload- und Anwendungsebenen hinweg und gewährleisten die gleiche Verfügbarkeit und Leistung, die Kunden von…
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CyberFox Purchases Timus to Bring SASE Capabilities to SMBs
CEO David Bellini Says Remote Work Drives Demand for Always-On Secure Connectivity. CyberFox has acquired Tampa, Florida-based SASE startup Timus Networks to help small and midsize businesses replace legacy VPN and firewall appliances with cloud-delivered secure access that protects remote users, supports zero trust initiatives and lowers deployment costs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Das stille Compliance-Risiko Wie unkontrollierte Tracker auf Unternehmenswebsites zur DSGVO-Schwachstelle werden
Wann wurden die Tracker das letzte Mal auf der Unternehmenswebsite geprüft? Vermutlich nicht so oft wie die Firewall-Regeln oder die Endpoint-Security-Richtlinien. IT-Sicherheitsteams investieren Millionen in Netzwerkmonitoring und Schwachstellenscans, doch die eigene Website bleibt oft ein blinder Fleck ein ‘ungepatchtes Leck”, das klassische Sicherheitstools gar nicht sehen. Marketingabteilungen betreiben Tracking meist ohne tiefe IT-Abstimmung, Sicherheitsteams haben […]…
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Firewall als Teil des Security-Ökosystems – Sophos Firewall: Maximale Performance für besten Schutz
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/sophos-firewall-central-schutz-hybride-netzwerke-a-cbf2388c86040ae77bd2bc7ef52baedf/
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(g+) SonicwallBypass: Warum gepatchte Sonicwall-VPNs die MFA weiter durchlassen
Auf vielen Sonicwall-Firewalls ist der Patch drin, die MFA aber weiter umgehbar. Sechs Schritte fehlen. Was Admins prüfen müssen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/sonicwall-mfa-bypass-warum-gepatchte-sonicwall-vpns-die-mfa-weiter-durchlassen-2606-210118.html
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FortiBleed: The Broker Who Turned 73,000 Firewalls Into a Product Catalog
FortiBleed exposed valid credentials for 73,000+ Fortinet firewalls, revealing a large-scale access-brokering operation targeting organizations worldwide. In mid-June 2026, researcher Volodymyr >>Bob<< Diachenko found a live, exposed server containing working login credentials for tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls, a data leak code-named FortiBleed. The headline number, valid remote-access logins for 73,932 devices across 21,632…
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FortiBleed Targeted FortiGate Firewalls in 110 Million-Credential Harvesting Operation
A Russian-speaking initial access broker (IAB) driven by financial gain is assessed to be behind a large-scale credential-harvesting operation known as FortiBleed that has targeted over 430,000 FortiGate firewalls globally.The campaign, active since February 2026, involves collecting credential lists, searching for exposed services, brute-forcing accessible systems, and deploying bespoke First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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What the Fortibleed campaign means for organizations running FortiGate firewalls
A massive credential-harvesting campaign targeting FortiGate firewalls has exposed thousands of organizations to potential network compromise, and a trove of attacker tools, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/23/fortibleed-investigation-remediation/
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FortiBleed Attackers Turn Firewalls Into Credential Stealers as Heists Persist
The threat actors engineered a Golang-based sniffer to target 430,000 FortiGate firewalls and identify 110 million credentials in the ongoing global campaign. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fortibleed-attackers-firewalls-credentials-stealers
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AWS Urges Organizations to Turn Outbound Blind Spots Into Monitored Checkpoints
When securing an Amazon Web Services (AWS) estate, teams naturally concentrate on inbound protections firewalls, WAFs, and IAM policies because those defenses stop the most visible attacks. Yet outbound traffic often remains under-monitored, left permissive to avoid breaking dependencies or to simplify operations. That default laxity creates a blind spot: without egress visibility and controls,…
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Cybercriminals Abuse TDS Infrastructure to Bypass Firewalls and Hide Malicious Destinations
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing traffic distribution systems (TDSs) to evade defenses, conceal malicious destinations, and funnel victims into phishing, fraud, and malware campaigns. Once considered a legitimate marketing tool to route visitors to different content or offers, TDS infrastructure is now being repurposed as a stealthy redirection layer that complicates detection and response for network…
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FortiBleed Campaign Uses FortigateSniffer to Harvest 110 Million Credentials From Fortinet Firewalls
A large-scale credential harvesting campaign called “FortiBleed” has been uncovered, revealing how threat actors are exploiting Fortinet FortiGate firewalls to capture authentication data on an unprecedented scale. Research from the SOCRadar Threat Research Unit (STRU) indicates that this operation has already compromised over 110 million credentials by targeting misconfigured or weakly secured devices, turning them…
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No Zero-Day Tied to 80,000 Harvested Fortinet Credentials
Researchers and Vendor Both Cite Previously Leaked Credentials, Brute-Force Attacks. The FortiBleed campaign harvesting and selling working credentials for 80,000 Fortinet firewalls and SSL-VPN gateways doesn’t appear to tie to a zero-day exploit, but rather attackers reusing leaked credentials or brute-forcing systems with weak password hygiene, the vendor and experts said. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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FortiBleed campaign used custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials
Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to harvest authentication secrets from compromised firewalls and steal credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortibleed-campaign-used-custom-fortigate-sniffer-to-steal-credentials/
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Gestohlene Admin-Passwörter bedrohen über 21.000 Unternehmen – FortiBleed kompromittiert 75.000 Fortinet-Firewalls weltweit
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/fortibleed-gestohlene-admin-passwoerter-fortinet-firewalls-a-945c4d02a95c2c7aa8639f34d6757af5/
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Week in review: 74k Fortinet firewall credentials stolen, Splunk Enterprise RCE under active attack
Tags: attack, backdoor, breach, credentials, firewall, fortinet, Hardware, network, rce, remote-code-execution, WeeklyReviewHere’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sight Deep learning … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/21/week-in-review-74k-fortinet-firewall-credentials-stolen-splunk-enterprise-rce-under-active-attack/
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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation Following FortiBleed Leak
FortiBleed exposed credentials for 74,000 Fortinet devices, with attackers actively exploiting the leak to target systems worldwide. On June 18, CISA issued an emergency alert after reports surfaced that credentials for approximately 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways had been leaked in what researchers are calling FortiBleed. The agency confirmed that threat actors were actively…
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CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak
Tags: cisa, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, firewall, fortinet, infrastructure, leak, vpnThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged Fortinet customers to secure their devices after nearly 74,000 firewall and VPN credentials were exposed in a data leak dubbed “FortiBleed.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-fortinet-users-to-secure-devices-after-fortibleed-leak/
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Crime Gang Sells Access to 74,000 Fortinet Firewall Devices
Ongoing Campaign May Be Grabbing Legacy Passwords From Fortinet FortiGate Devices. Cybercriminals are selling access to 75,000 Fortinet FortiGate devices with VPN and web management interfaces, and the admin credentials appear to be legitimate and recently harvested as part of a still-live campaign, security experts warned. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crime-gang-sells-access-to-74000-fortinet-firewall-devices-a-32015
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Sophos XG vs Fortinet Fortigate: Firewall Comparison for 2026
Sophos XG and Fortinet FortiGate are leading firewall solutions in 2026. Compare their features, pricing, and use cases to find the best fit. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/products/sophos-xg-vs-fortinet-fortigate/
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FortiBleed Exposes Admin Passwords for 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls
FortiBleed: Admin Passwords for 75,000 Fortinet Firewalls Are Out in the Wild. Half the Internet-Facing Fortinets on the Planet. Security researcher Bob Diachenko found a server sitting open on the internet containing what appeared to be valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including usernames, email addresses, and plaintext passwords for tens of thousands of organizations. He posted…
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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak
Tags: breach, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, firewall, fortinet, group, leak, russia, vpnA Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/fortinet-fortibleed-data-leak/
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FortiBleed Exploit Campaign Hits 70,000+ Fortinet Firewalls Worldwide
A large-scale cyber espionage campaign dubbed “FortiBleed” has compromised more than 70,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways worldwide, exposing enterprise networks across 194 countries. The activity, first identified by security researcher Volodymyr Diachenko and further analyzed by Hudson Rock and Kevin Beaumont, reveals a coordinated effort targeting internet-exposed FortiGate management interfaces. The dataset contains 73,932…
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Riesige Angriffswelle: Hacker knacken Admin-Passwörter von 74.000 Firewalls
Angreifer attackieren massenhaft Firewalls des Herstellers Fortinet. Sie sollen bereits Admin-Zugangsdaten für 74.000 Geräte erbeutet haben. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/riesige-angriffswelle-hacker-knacken-admin-passwoerter-von-74-000-firewalls-2606-209916.html
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Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world
An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/cybercriminals-allegedly-hacked-tens-of-thousands-of-fortinet-firewalls-used-by-major-companies-all-over-the-world/