Tag: fortinet
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FortiGate 0-Day Exploit Allegedly Up for Sale on Dark Web
A chilling new development in the cybersecurity landscape has emerged, as a threat actor has reportedly advertised an alleged zero-day exploit targeting Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls on a prominent dark web forum. This exploit purportedly enables unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and full configuration access to FortiOS, unlocking the potential for attackers to seize control of…
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Fortinet Issues Fixes After Attackers Bypass Patches to Maintain Access
Hackers exploit Fortinet flaws to plant stealth backdoors on FortiGate devices, maintaining access even after patches. Update to… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fortinet-fixe-attackers-bypass-patches-maintain-access/
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 519 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Symbolic Link trick lets attackers bypass FortiGate patches, Fortinet warns Attackers are exploiting recently disclosed OttoKitWordPress plugin flaw…
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FortiSwitch vulnerability may give attackers control over vulnerable devices (CVE-2024-48887)
Fortinet has released patches for flaws affecting many of its products, among them a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887) in its FortiSwitch appliances that could allow … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/10/fortiswitch-vulnerability-cve-2024-48887/
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Critical Fortinet FortiSwitch flaw allows remote attackers to change admin passwords
Fortinet addressed a critical vulnerability in its FortiSwitch devices that can be exploited to change administrator passwords remotely. Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887 (CVSS score 9.8), in its FortiSwitch devices. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to change administrator passwords. >>An unverified password change vulnerability [CWE-620]…
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Fortinet FortiSwitch Unverified Password Change Vulnerability (CVE-2024-48887)
Summary On April 8, 2025, Fortinet disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of FortiSwitch, tracked asCVE-2024-48887. This vulnerability is anunverified password change vulnerabilityin the First seen on research.kudelskisecurity.com Jump to article: research.kudelskisecurity.com/2025/04/09/fortinet-fortiswitch-unverified-password-change-vulnerability-cve-2024-48887/
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Critical FortiSwitch flaw lets hackers change admin passwords remotely
Fortinet has released security patches for a critical vulnerability in its FortiSwitch devices that can be exploited to change administrator passwords remotely. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-fortiswitch-flaw-lets-hackers-change-admin-passwords-remotely/
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Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability
Fortinet fixes a critical-severity bug in FortiSwitch that could allow an attacker to modify administrative passwords. The post Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSwitch Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/fortinet-patches-critical-fortiswitch-vulnerability/
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Fortinet Boosts AI Capabilities Across Security Fabric Platform
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/fortinet-expands-ai-capabilities-across-security-fabric-platform
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Fortinet Warns of Multiple Vulnerabilities in FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, Other Products
Fortinet has revealed and resolved several vulnerabilities within its range of products, such as FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiVoice, FortiWeb, and FortiSwitch. These weaknesses vary from inadequate filtering of log outputs to unconfirmed password modifications and poorly secured credentials. The organization has released updates and strategies to protect users from possible exploitation. Vulnerability in FortiOS…
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Stock Sell-Off: Cloudflare, Fortinet, SailPoint Hardest Hit
11 Cyber Stocks Fared Worse Than the Nasdaq Thursday After Trump Announced Tariffs. Cybersecurity vendors took Thursday’s sell-off hard, with Cloudflare, Fortinet and SailPoint experiencing big stock price drops after President Trump announced higher-than-expected tariffs. Eleven publicly traded cybersecurity firms fared worse than the Nasdaq while 12 companies fared better. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Threat-informed defense for operational technology: Moving from information to action
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, blueteam, cloud, control, crime, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, finance, fortinet, framework, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, law, malicious, malware, mitre, network, phishing, PurpleTeam, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, soar, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, usaThe rise of cybercrime-as-a-service Today’s macro threat landscape is a flourishing ecosystem of cybercrime facilitated by crime-as-a-service (CaaS) models. Cybercriminal networks now operate like legitimate businesses, with specialized units dedicated to activities such as money laundering, malware development, and spear phishing. This ecosystem lowers the barrier to entry for cybercrime, enabling low-skilled adversaries to launch…
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Fortinet vs Palo Alto NGFWs 2025: Comparison Guide
Compare Fortinet and Palo Alto next-generation firewalls to discover which is best for your organization today. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/fortinet-vs-palo-alto-networks/
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Die 10 häufigsten IT-Sicherheitsfehler
Von ungepatchten Sicherheitslücken bis hin zu unzureichenden Backups: Lesen Sie, wie sich die häufigsten IT-Sicherheitsfehler vermeiden lassen. Verschlüsselte Dateien und eine Textdatei mit einer Erpresser-Nachricht zeigen klar und deutlich: Ein Unternehmen ist einer Cyberattacke zum Opfer gefallen. Dabei ist das nur das Ende einer langen Angriffskette. Die Tätergruppe bewegt sich oft seit mehreren Wochen oder Monaten…
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Authentifizierungsumgehung – Neue Ransomware nutzt Zero-Day-Schwachstellen bei Fortinet aus
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ransomware-mora001-schwachstellen-fortinet-firewalls-a-0ea0a1e3c2cb97a1be811ad367590134/
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Fortinet-Targeting Ransomware Attacks Leave Devices Patched
‘Wave of Ransomware Attacks’ Hitting FortiOS and FortiProxy Devices, Warn Experts. Cyber defenders said they’re seeing a wave of ransomware attacks unleashed by attackers who gain initial access by targeting two known vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy devices. Hackers sometimes patch the devices to hide their persistent remote access. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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11 hottest IT security certs for higher pay today
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cloud, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, fortinet, google, governance, incident response, infosec, intelligence, Internet, jobs, linux, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, remote-code-execution, resilience, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, skills, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, windowsOffensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE): OffSec’s Offensive Security Certified Expert consists of three courses: Advanced Web Attacks and Exploitation, Advanced Evasion Techniques and Breaching Defenses, and Windows User Mode Exploit Development. The format for each course exam is the same: Candidates have 48 hours to compromise a given target using various techniques. No formal prerequisites exist for any of the…
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Public-private partnerships: A catalyst for industry growth and maturity
Tags: ceo, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, fortinet, framework, government, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, interpol, lessons-learned, mitre, resilience, software, threat, vulnerabilitySuccessful partnerships offer a blueprint for effective collaboration Numerous cybersecurity-focused partnerships are underway, involving successful collaboration across all sectors. These examples can help take public-private partnership efforts from abstract ideas to impactful execution and provide valuable insights and lessons learned.One example is the work being done by the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and its members.…
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Critical Fortinet Vulnerability Draws Fresh Attention
CISA this week added CVE-2025-24472 to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, citing ransomware activity targeting the authentication bypass flaw. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/critical-fortinet-vulnerability-draws-fresh-attention
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CISA Issues Security Warning on Fortinet FortiOS Authentication Bypass Exploit
Tags: authentication, cisa, csf, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, fortinet, infrastructure, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a critical security warning regarding a severe vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiProxy systems. Specifically, CVE-2025-24472, an authentication bypass vulnerability, poses a significant threat as it allows remote attackers to gain super-admin privileges through carefully crafted CSF proxy requests. This exploit is classified under Common Weakness Enumeration…
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Hackers are exploiting Fortinet firewall bugs to plant ransomware
Security researchers say that a threat actor it calls Mora_001 has ‘close ties’ to the Russia-linked hacking group First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/hackers-are-exploiting-fortinet-firewall-bugs-to-plant-ransomware/
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‘Mora_001’ ransomware gang exploiting Fortinet bug spotlighted by CISA in January
Two vulnerabilities impacting Fortinet products are being exploited by a new ransomware operation with ties to the LockBit ransomware group. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/mora001-ransomware-gang-exploiting-vulnerability-lockbit
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Neue Superblack-Ransomware nutzt Fortinet-Schwachstelle aus
Am 14. Januar veröffentlichte Fortinet die Bestätigung einer Zero-Day-Schwachstelle, die FortiOS- und Fortiproxy-Produkte betrifft und als CVE-2024-55591 bezeichnet wurde. Am 11. Februar bestätigte das Unternehmen eine weitere Schwachstelle mit der Bezeichnung CVE-2025-24472. Die neue Superblack-Ransomeware nützt die letztgenannte Fortinet-Schwachstelle zur Umgehung der Autorisierung aus, wie jüngst berichtet wurde. Stefan Hostetler, Lead Threat Intelligence Researcher bei…
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AI development pipeline attacks expand CISOs’ software supply chain risk
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, cloud, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, flaw, fortinet, government, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, LLM, malicious, malware, ml, network, open-source, password, penetration-testing, programming, pypi, risk, risk-assessment, russia, saas, sbom, service, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerabilitydevelopment pipelines are exacerbating software supply chain security problems.Incidents of exposed development secrets via publicly accessible, open-source packages rose 12% last year compared to 2023, according to ReversingLabs (RL).A scan of 30 of the most popular open-source packages found an average of six critical-severity and 33 high-severity flaws per package.Commercial software packages are also a…
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Report on ransomware attacks on Fortinet firewalls also reveals possible defenses
Tags: access, attack, authentication, automation, backdoor, backup, ciso, control, credentials, cve, cybercrime, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, firewall, fortinet, group, infrastructure, Internet, lockbit, malicious, monitoring, network, password, radius, ransom, ransomware, risk, router, tactics, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windowsSigns of intrusion: “This actor exhibits a distinct operational signature that blends elements of opportunistic attacks with ties to the LockBit ecosystem,” Forescout said in its analysis.”Mora_001’s relationship to the broader Lockbit’s ransomware operations underscores the increased complexity of the modern ransomware landscape where specialized teams collaborate to leverage complementary capabilities.”CISOs should note these consistent…
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Vulnerable Fortinet Firewalls Subjected To New LockBit-Linked Intrusions
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/vulnerable-fortinet-firewalls-subjected-to-new-lockbit-linked-intrusions
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New Lockbit-linked ransomware group targets Fortinet vulnerabilities
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/new-lockbit-linked-ransomware-group-targets-fortinet-vulnerabilities
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Threat Actor Tied to LockBit Ransomware Targets Fortinet Users
The Mora_001 group uses similar post-exploitation patterns and ransomware customization originated by LockBit. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/actor-tied-lockbit-ransomware-targets-fortinet-users
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SuperBlack ransomware used to exploit Fortinet vulnerabilities
A report by Forescout Research points to a threat actor with ties to LockBit. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/superblack-ransomware-used-to-exploit-fortinet-vulnerabilities/742578/