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FBI: Ongoing FortiBleed attacks lock out FortiGate VPN admins
The FBI is warning that FortiBleed attacks are still ongoing, targeting exposed Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and SSL VPN gateways and locking out legitimate administrators. Hackers gain access to exposed endpoints by using previously leaked credentials, or logins obtained from infostealer logs, credential stuffing, and password spraying attacks. They then extract additional authentication data from compromised […]
Windows NTLM hash leak flaw exploited in phishing attacks on governments
A Windows vulnerability that exposes NTLM hashes using .library-ms files is now actively exploited by hackers in phishing campaigns targeting government entities and private companies. The flaw tracked as CVE-2025-24054 was fixed in Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday. Initially, it was not marked as actively exploited and was assessed as ‘less likely’ to be. However, Check Point researchers […]