Tag: fortinet
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Fortinet finally cops to critical makeadmin bug under active exploitation
More than a month after PoC made public First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/fortinet_active_exploit_cve_2025_64446/
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Critical FortiWeb flaw under attack, allowing complete compromise
A Fortinet FortiWeb auth-bypass flaw is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to hijack admin accounts and fully compromise devices. Researchers warn of an authentication bypass flaw in Fortinet FortiWeb WAF that allows full device takeover. The cybersecurity vendor addressed the vulnerability with the release version 8.0.2. A security flaw lets anyone break into FortiWeb devices…
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A suspected Fortinet FortiWeb zero-day is actively exploited, researchers warn
A suspected (but currently unidentified) zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb is being exploited by unauthenticated attackers to create new admin accounts on … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/14/fortinet-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited/
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Now-Patched Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in Attacks to Create Admin Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Now-Patched Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Exploited in Attacks to Create Admin Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild Before Company’s Silent Patch
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alert about an authentication bypass vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb WAF that could allow an attacker to take over admin accounts and completely compromise a device.”The watchTowr team is seeing active, indiscriminate in-the-wild exploitation of what appears to be a silently patched vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb product,” Benjamin Harris, First seen…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Zero-Day Exploited to Gain Full Admin Access
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain complete administrator access without any prior authentication. The flaw affects Fortinet’s Web Application Firewall, which is designed to protect web applications from malicious traffic. Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation On October 6, 2025, cyber deception company Defused published…
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Fortinet FortiWeb flaw with public PoC exploited to create admin users
A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortiweb-flaw-with-public-poc-actively-exploited-to-create-admin-users/
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Fortinet’s Fabric-Based Approach to Cloud Security
The enterprise migration to the cloud has created a security paradox. While digital transformation and multi-cloud architectures promise agility, they have also delivered unprecedented complexity. This complexity is the modern CISO’s greatest enemy. For every new cloud environment, SaaS application, or remote workforce, a new, siloed security tool has usually been procured. The result is..…
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Fortinet’s Fabric-Based Approach to Cloud Security
The enterprise migration to the cloud has created a security paradox. While digital transformation and multi-cloud architectures promise agility, they have also delivered unprecedented complexity. This complexity is the modern CISO’s greatest enemy. For every new cloud environment, SaaS application, or remote workforce, a new, siloed security tool has usually been procured. The result is..…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Wie CISOs vom ERP-Leid profitieren
Tags: ai, best-practice, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cloud, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, fortinet, mail, microsoft, network, resilience, service, siem, soar, threat, toolSecurity Platformization ist eine Herausforderung gut, wenn man vorher weiß, worauf es (nicht) ankommt.Studienerkenntnissen zufolge sind in einem durchschnittlichen (Groß-)Unternehmen zwischen 40 und 80 separate Sicherheits-Tools im Einsatz. Wildwuchs dieser Art führt regelmäßig zu:Security-Datensilos,Integrationsproblemen,fortlaufendem Wartungs- und Konfigurationsaufwand, oderAlert-Müdigkeit.Angesichts dieser Herausforderungen (und dem Marktpotenzial für entsprechende Lösungen) haben diverse Security-Anbieter Technologieplattformen aufgebaut etwa Cisco, Crowdstrike, Fortinet,…
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Shortfall in Cyber Workforce Leads to Skills Gap
Fortinet’s da Gama on Global Cyber Skill Shortage. The global cybersecurity skills shortage is leaving organizations open to more risk than ever, including increased data breach rates, higher recovery costs and prolonged disruptions. According to Fortinet’s latest Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, 86% of organizations experienced some type of breach in 2024 a number only…
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Keeping Revenue Forecasts From Becoming Legal Liabilities
Why the Fortinet Earnings Case Is a Cautionary Tale for the Cybersecurity Sector. Fortinet’s stock unexpectedly plunged more than 20% in August. That same month, Gartner named Fortinet an industry leader in its Magic Quadrant for hybrid mesh firewalls. But the thing that sent Fortinet’s stock into a nosedive was revenue forecasts that didn’t pan…
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Fortinet Accused of Securities Fraud Over Firewall Forecasts
Pension Funds Say Fortinet Leaders Misled Market With Overly Rosy Refresh Outlook. Public pension funds filed securities fraud lawsuits claiming Fortinet misled investors by overstating the value and timing of a major firewall refresh cycle. The lawsuits allege the refresh involved outdated products and had limited business impact, contradicting Fortinet’s upbeat public messaging. First seen…
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Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins).”The campaign relied on phishing emails with PDFs that contained embedded malicious links,” Pei Han Liao, researcher…
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FortiPAM FortiSwitch Manager Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Fortinet has disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting FortiPAM and FortiSwitchManager products that could enable attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms through brute-force attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49201, was internally discovered by Gwendal Guégniaud of the Fortinet Product Security team and published on October 14, 2025. Weak Authentication Vulnerability Enables Brute-Force Attacks The security flaw…
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Stealit Malware spreads via fake game VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord
Stealit malware abuses Node.js SEA and Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers shared on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted Stealit malware campaign abusing Node.js Single Executable Application (SEA) and sometimes Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet uncovered the campaign while investigating…
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Stealit Malware spreads via fake game VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord
Stealit malware abuses Node.js SEA and Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers shared on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers spotted Stealit malware campaign abusing Node.js Single Executable Application (SEA) and sometimes Electron to spread via fake game and VPN installers on Mediafire and Discord. Fortinet uncovered the campaign while investigating…
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Stealit Malware Using Node.js to Hide in Fake Game and VPN Installers
Fortinet warns of Stealit, a MaaS infostealer, now targeting Windows systems and evading detection by using Node.js’s SEA feature while hiding in fake game and VPN installers. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/stealit-malware-node-js-fake-game-vpn-installers/
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Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js’ Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads.According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It’s assessed that the malware is being propagated through First…
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Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active malware campaign called Stealit that has leveraged Node.js’ Single Executable Application (SEA) feature as a way to distribute its payloads.According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, select iterations have also employed the open-source Electron framework to deliver the malware. It’s assessed that the malware is being propagated through First…
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Armis und Fortinet erweitern strategische Allianz
Tags: fortinetDie Zusammenarbeit folgt einer gemeinsamen Mission: Sicherheitsprogramme zu optimieren und Unternehmen zu befähigen, den heutigen komplexen Cyberbedrohungen mit Vertrauen zu begegnen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/armis-und-fortinet-erweitern-strategische-allianz/a42289/
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Researchers Expose Phishing Threats Distributing CountLoader and PureRAT
A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner.”The phishing emails contain malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files designed to trick recipients into opening harmful attachments,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Yurren Wan said in a report shared with…