25 Jun, 2026

FortiBleed campaign used custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials

Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to harvest authentication secrets from compromised firewalls and steal credentials. The report, published today, expands on the company’s previous research into the large-scale “FortiBleed” campaign, which revealed a collection of Fortinet VPN credentials associated with more than 80,000 firewall URLs worldwide. According to SOCRadar, […]

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CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged Fortinet customers to secure their devices after nearly 74,000 firewall and VPN credentials were exposed in a data leak dubbed “FortiBleed.” This warning comes after threat actors used compromised credentials to target internet-accessible Fortinet devices across government and private-sector organizations worldwide. “CISA is aware of global reports that malicious […]

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FortiBleed leak exposes Fortinet VPN credentials for 73,000 devices.

A newly discovered data leak dubbed “FortiBleed” has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs at organizations worldwide. The exposed data was first discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko, who says he found a server containing what appeared to be valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including […]

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FortiBleed leak exposes Fortinet VPN credentials for 73,000 devices.

A newly discovered data leak dubbed “FortiBleed” has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs at organizations worldwide. The exposed data was first discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko, who says he found a server containing what appeared to be valid Fortinet VPN credentials, including […]

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Critical Fortinet FortiSandbox flaws now exploited in attacks

Attackers are now exploiting several critical vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox cyber threat detection platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. Fortinet released security updates for these three critical-severity security flaws (tracked as CVE-2026-39813, CVE-2026-39808, and CVE-2026-25089) on April 14. These flaws allow unauthenticated threat actors to escalate privileges and execute unauthorized code remotely through low-complexity command injection attacks […]

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Fortinet warns of critical RCE flaws in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator

Fortinet has released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator that could enable attackers to run commands or arbitrary code on unpatched systems. The first one, tracked as CVE-2026-44277, impacts the company’s FortiAuthenticator Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution and was patched in FortiAuthenticator versions 6.5.7, 6.6.9, and 8.0.3. “An Improper […]

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CISA orders feds to patch exploited Fortinet EMS flaw by Friday

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies to secure FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) instances against an actively exploited vulnerability by Friday. Tracked as CVE-2026-35616, this security flaw was discovered by cybersecurity firm Defused, which described it as a pre-authentication API access bypass that can allow attackers to bypass authentication and […]

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New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch released

Fortinet has released an emergency weekend security update for a new critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2026-35616, the flaw is an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code or commands via specially crafted requests. The issue was patched Saturday, with Fortinet […]

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Critical Fortinet Forticlient EMS flaw now exploited in attacks

Attackers are now actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. Tracked as CVE-2026-21643, this SQL injection vulnerability allows unauthenticated threat actors to execute arbitrary code or commands on unpatched systems through low-complexity attacks targeting the FortiClientEMS GUI (web interface) via maliciously crafted HTTP requests. “Fortinet Forticlient EMS […]

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Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 Fortinet firewalls in 5 weeks

Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks. A new report by CJ Moses, CISO of Amazon Integrated Security, says that the hacking campaign occurred between January 11 and February 18, 2026, and did not rely […]

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