Security News

Fortinet Warns of New Zero-Day Used in Attacks on Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces
2025-01-14 09:13

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new campaign that has targeted Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed on the public internet. "The campaign involved...

Miscreants 'mass exploited' Fortinet firewalls, 'highly probable' zero-day used
2025-01-14 01:43

Ransomware 'not off the table,' Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg Miscreants running a "mass exploitation campaign" against Fortinet firewalls, which peaked in December, may be using an...

Hackers Exploiting Critical Fortinet EMS Vulnerability to Deploy Remote Access Tools
2024-12-20 06:25

A now-patched critical security flaw impacting Fortinet FortiClient EMS is being exploited by malicious actors as part of a cyber campaign that installed remote desktop software such as AnyDesk...

Fortinet warns of FortiWLM bug giving hackers admin privileges
2024-12-19 17:24

Fortinet has disclosed a critical vulnerability in Fortinet Wireless Manager (FortiWLM) that allows remote attackers to take over devices by executing unauthorized code or commands through...

Fortinet Warns of Critical FortiWLM Flaw That Could Lead to Admin Access Exploits
2024-12-19 10:31

Fortinet has issued an advisory for a now-patched critical security flaw impacting Wireless LAN Manager (FortiWLM) that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information. The vulnerability,...

Fortinet VPN design flaw hides successful brute-force attacks
2024-11-21 14:38

A design flaw in the Fortinet VPN server's logging mechanism can be leveraged to conceal the successful verification of credentials during a brute-force attack without tipping off defenders of...

China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer
2024-11-19 23:02

No word on when or if the issue will be fixed Chinese government-linked snoops are exploiting a zero-day bug in Fortinet's Windows VPN client to steal credentials and other information, according...

Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials
2024-11-18 21:20

Chinese threat actors use a custom post-exploitation toolkit named 'DeepData' to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Windows VPN client that steal credentials. [...]

Warning: DEEPDATA Malware Exploiting Unpatched Fortinet Flaw to Steal VPN Credentials
2024-11-16 06:25

A threat actor known as BrazenBamboo has exploited an unresolved security flaw in Fortinet's FortiClient for Windows to extract VPN credentials as part of a modular framework called DEEPDATA....

Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost
2024-11-14 22:22

Plus a bonus hard-coded local API key A now-patched, high-severity bug in Fortinet's FortiClient VPN application potentially allows a low-privilege rogue user or malware on a vulnerable Windows...