07 Aug, 2026

Chinese hackers exploit Fortinet VPN zero-day to steal credentials

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. The zero-day allows the threat actors to dump the credentials from memory after the user authenticated with the VPN device Volexity researchers report that they discovered this flaw earlier this summer and […]

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Fortinet warns of new critical FortiManager flaw used in zero-day attacks

Fortinet publicly disclosed today a critical FortiManager API vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-47575, that was exploited in zero-day attacks to steal sensitive files containing configurations, IP addresses, and credentials for managed devices. The company privately warned FortiManager customers about the flaw starting October 13th in advanced notification emails seen by GeekFeed that contained steps to mitigate the flaw […]

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Fortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files

Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company’s Microsoft Sharepoint server. Fortinet is one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, selling secure networking products like firewalls, routers, and VPN devices. The company also offers SIEM, network management, and EDR/XDR […]

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