Tag: Fortinet
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The Register: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/ Source: The Register Title: Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used Feedly Summary: 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 unpatched zero-day vulnerability to compromise the equipment, according…
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The Register: Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join Salt Typhoon victim list
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/charter_consolidated_windstream_salt_typhoon/ Source: The Register Title: Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join Salt Typhoon victim list Feedly Summary: The slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues The list of telecommunications victims in the Salt Typhoon cyberattack continues to grow as a new report names Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream among those breached by Chinese…
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Alerts: Fortinet Releases Security Updates for FortiManager
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/12/20/fortinet-releases-security-updates-fortimanager Source: Alerts Title: Fortinet Releases Security Updates for FortiManager Feedly Summary: Fortinet released a security update to address a vulnerability in FortiManager. A remote cyber threat actor could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the following Fortinet Security Bulletin and apply…
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The Register: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/salt_typhoons_us_telcos/ Source: The Register Title: Salt Typhoon’s surge extends far beyond US telcos Feedly Summary: Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according…
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The Register: Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/fortinet_vpn_authentication_bypass_bug/ Source: The Register Title: Fortinet patches VPN app flaw that could give rogue users, malware a privilege boost Feedly Summary: 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 system to gain higher…