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UNC3886 Uses Fortinet, VMware 0-Days and Stealth Tactics in Long-Term Spying
2024-06-19 15:09

The China-nexus cyber espionage actor linked to the zero-day exploitation of security flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices has been observed utilizing multiple persistence mechanisms in...

China-Backed Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw, Infecting 20,000 Systems Globally
2024-06-12 08:06

State-sponsored threat actors backed by China gained access to 20,000 Fortinet FortiGate systems worldwide by exploiting a known critical security flaw between 2022 and 2023, indicating that the...

Exploit released for maximum severity Fortinet RCE bug, patch now
2024-05-28 16:16

Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept exploit for a maximum-severity vulnerability in Fortinet's security information and event management solution, which was patched in February.On Tuesday, over three months after Fortinet released security updates to patch this security flaw, Horizon3's Attack Team shared a proof-of-concept exploit and published a technical deep-dive.

Hackers Exploit Fortinet Flaw, Deploy ScreenConnect, Metasploit in New Campaign
2024-04-17 10:23

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that's exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in Fortinet FortiClient EMS devices to deliver ScreenConnect and Metasploit Powerfun...

Fortinet Rolls Out Critical Security Patches for FortiClientLinux Vulnerability
2024-04-11 05:23

Fortinet has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiClientLinux that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution. Tracked as CVE-2023-45590, the...

CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and Nice Products
2024-03-26 04:54

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation....

Exploit released for Fortinet RCE bug used in attacks, patch now
2024-03-21 15:17

Security researchers have released a proof-of-concept exploit for a critical vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiClient Enterprise Management Server software, which is now actively exploited in attacks.On Thursday, one week after Fortinet released security updates to address the security flaw, security researchers with Horizon3's Attack Team published a technical analysis and shared a proof-of-concept exploit that helps confirm if a system is vulnerable without providing remote code execution capabilities.

More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug
2024-03-18 19:00

The volume of Fortinet boxes exposed to the public internet and vulnerable to a month-old critical security flaw in FortiOS is still extremely high, despite a gradual increase in patching. According to security nonprofit Shadowserver's latest data, the number of Fortinet appliances vulnerable to CVE-2024-21762 stands at more than 133,000 - down only slightly from more than 150,000 ten days prior.

Fortinet Warns of Severe SQLi Vulnerability in FortiClientEMS Software
2024-03-14 04:21

Fortinet has alerted users to a severe vulnerability in FortiClientEMS, enabling potential attacker-driven code execution.This SQL Injection flaw, identified as CVE-2023-48788 with a 9.3 CVSS score, affects FortiClientEMS versions 7.2.0 to 7.2.2 and 7.0.1 to 7.0.10; users should upgrade to safer versions. Credits for the discovery go to Thiago Santana and the U.K.'s NCSC.

Fortinet warns of critical RCE bug in endpoint management software
2024-03-13 18:48

Fortinet patched a critical vulnerability in its FortiClient Enterprise Management Server software that can allow attackers to gain remote code execution on vulnerable servers. Last month, Fortinet disclosed a critical remote code execution bug in the FortiOS operating system and the FortiProxy secure web proxy, which the company tagged as "Potentially being exploited in the wild."