Tag: fortinet
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Survey Sees Rising Demand for Senior Cybersecurity Pros in Age of AI
A global survey of 2,750 cybersecurity and IT professionals published this week finds that for the third consecutive year a lack of cybersecurity skills is cited as the top cause of security breaches (56%), with 51% reporting they specifically need individuals with senior-level skills. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of Fortinet, the survey, however,..…
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Survey Sees Rising Demand for Senior Cybersecurity Pros in Age of AI
A global survey of 2,750 cybersecurity and IT professionals published this week finds that for the third consecutive year a lack of cybersecurity skills is cited as the top cause of security breaches (56%), with 51% reporting they specifically need individuals with senior-level skills. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of Fortinet, the survey, however,..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Iran Alleges US Networking Gear Was Deliberately Disabled
Reports from Iranian state media claim that U.S.-manufactured networking gear ceased functioning at critical moments during military strikes. The allegations, which cannot be independently verified, claim there were simultaneous failures across routers and switches produced by Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, and MikroTik during attacks on Iranian infrastructure. According to accounts published by the Iranian Fars..…
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Nexcorium Mirai variant exploits TBK DVR flaw to launch DDoS attacks
A Mirai variant called Nexcorium exploits a flaw in TBK DVRs to infect devices and use them in DDoS attacks, along with outdated TP-Link routers. Fortinet researchers found that threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in TBK DVRs and end-of-life TP-Link routers to spread a Mirai variant called Nexcorium. >>IoT devices are increasingly prime targets for…
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Mirai Variant Nexcorium Exploits CVE-2024-3721 to Hijack TBK DVRs for DDoS Botnet
Threat actors are exploiting security flaws in TBK DVR and end”‘of”‘life (EoL) TP-Link Wi-Fi routers to deploy Mirai-botnet variants on compromised devices, according to findings from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs and Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.The attack targeting TBK DVR devices has been found to exploit CVE-2024-3721 (CVSS score: 6.3), a medium-severity command injection vulnerability affecting…
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New Mirai Variant Nexcorium Hijacks DVR Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet have discovered Nexcorium, a new Mirai-based malware targeting TBK DVR systems to turn them into a botnet for DDoS attacks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/mirai-variant-nexcorium-dvr-devices-ddos-attacks/
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New Mirai Variant Nexcorium Hijacks DVR Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet have discovered Nexcorium, a new Mirai-based malware targeting TBK DVR systems to turn them into a botnet for DDoS attacks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/mirai-variant-nexcorium-dvr-devices-ddos-attacks/
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PoC Released for FortiSandbox Flaw Enabling Arbitrary Command Execution
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been publicly released for a critical security flaw in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox. Tracked as CVE-2026-39808, this severe vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the highest level of privileges. Security researcher Samuel de Lucas recently published the exploit details on GitHub, highlighting the…
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Patch these critical Fortinet sandbox bugs that let attackers bypass login, run commands over HTTP
No reports of active exploitation (yet) First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/critical_fortinet_sandbox_bugs/
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Breach Roundup: Mr. Raccoon Wants Your Password
Tags: breach, china, data, data-breach, flaw, fortinet, healthcare, leak, password, phishing, ransomware, scamAlso, Eurail Breach, ChipSoft Hospital Disruptions, W3LL Phishing Takedown. This week, a Raccoon-linked actor hit help desks, Eurail exposed 308K users, Fortinet patched critical flaws, Pushpaganda scams, major data leaks hit healthcare and China, ransomware and phishing ops surged, and multiple breaches impacted firms and hospitals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-mr-raccoon-wants-your-password-a-31450
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Brute-force cyberattacks originating in Middle East surge in Q1
Hackers have primarily targeted SonicWall and Fortinet devices, according to researchers.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/brute-force-cyberattacks-originating-in-middle-east-surge-in-q1/817440/
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U.S. CISA adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: adobe, apple, cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Adobe, Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Laravel Livewire and Craft CMS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: Last week,…
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CISA Warns Fortinet SQL Injection Flaw Is Being Actively Exploited
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, injection, kev, sql, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in Fortinet software. On April 13, 2026, CISA added CVE-2026-21643 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This action confirms that threat actors are actively exploiting this weakness in real-world cyberattacks. CISA maintains this authoritative database to help…
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CISA Adds 6 Known Exploited Flaws in Fortinet, Microsoft, and Adobe Software
Tags: adobe, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, injection, microsoft, software, sql, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added half a dozen security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The list of vulnerabilities is as follows -CVE-2026-21643 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClient EMS that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Fortinet releases emergency hotfix for FortiClient EMS zero-day flaw
Mitigation and response: In addition to the hotfix, organizations should review their available logs for any suspicious API requests and activity. Unfortunately, there are no published indicators of compromise for this malicious activity yet, so watchTowr recommends auditing all recent changes made to endpoint security policies, VPN configuration profiles, application firewall rules, administrator accounts and…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Fortinet released out-of-band patches for a…
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Fortinet Releases Emergency Patch After FortiClient EMS Bug Is Exploited
Fortinet has updated its FortiClient EMS product after zero-day attacks surfaced First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fortinet-emergency-patch-ems-bug/
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FortiClientEMS Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation, Expose Systems to RCE
A newly disclosed set of vulnerabilities affecting Fortinet’s endpoint management platform has raised serious concerns among cybersecurity professionals, particularly as both flaws are already being actively exploited. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/forticlientems-flaws-under-active-exploitation/
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CISA Alerts Defenders to Actively Exploited Fortinet Zero-Day Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet products. The agency officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 6, 2026, indicating that threat actors are actively exploiting it in the wild. The CISA KEV catalog serves as a…
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Fortinet customers confront actively exploited zero-day, with a full patch still pending
Two critical defects in FortiClient EMS have been exploited in the past couple weeks. Experts push for users to apply an immediate hotfix. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/fortinet-forticlient-ems-zero-day-cve-2026-35616-hotfix-known-exploited/
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Fortinet Issues Emergency Patch for FortiClient Zero-Day
The authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, is the latest in a series of Fortinet vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/fortinet-emergency-patch-forticlient-zero-day
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Fortinet Issues Emergency Patch for FortiClient Zero-Day
The authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, is the latest in a series of Fortinet vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/fortinet-emergency-patch-forticlient-zero-day
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Attackers exploited this critical FortiClient EMS bug as a 0-day
CISA added the flaw to KEV after Fortinet confirmed exploitation in the wild First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/06/forticlient_ems_bug_exploited/
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CVE-2026-35616: Fortinet FortiClientEMS improper access control vulnerability exploited in the wild
Exploitation has been observed for CVE-2026-35616, a critical improper access control zero-day vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiClientEMS devices. Key takeaways: CVE-2026-35616, an improper access control vulnerability, has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. Public exploit code has been identified and Fortinet products have a long history of targeting by malicious actors. Hotfixes have been…
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Attackers Target Zero-Day Flaw in Fortinet Security Software
Vendor Issues Hotfix for Critical Flaw in FortiClient Endpoint Management Server. Fortinet’s endpoint management security server software is under fire from attackers, who are actively targeting two critical flaws, including a fresh zero-day that facilitates unauthenticated remote code or command execution. The vendor has issued a hotfix and promised a full patch. First seen on…
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DPRK-Linked Hackers Use GitHub as C2 in Multi-Stage Attacks Targeting South Korea
Threat actors likely associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been observed using GitHub as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure in multi-stage attacks targeting organizations in South Korea.The attack chain, per Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, involves obfuscated Windows shortcut (LNK) files acting as the starting point to drop a decoy PDF First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Singapore, US warn of latest Fortinet bug being exploited in wild
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave federal agencies until Thursday to apply the hotfix. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/singapore-us-warn-of-fortinet-bug-exploited