Network Security

Fortinet Confirms Active FortiCloud SSO Bypass on Fully Patched FortiGate Firewalls

Fortinet has acknowledged active exploitation targeting a FortiCloud SSO authentication bypass vulnerability, even on firewalls that have received the latest patches. The security vendor is currently working to implement a permanent fix. Fortinet’s Chief Information Security Officer, Carl Windsor, stated in a post on Thursday, “Over the past 24 hours, we have observed multiple incidents […]

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Automated FortiGate Attacks Abuse FortiCloud SSO to Modify Firewall Configurations

Cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf has issued a warning about a newly identified wave of automated malicious activity targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices. The campaign involves unauthorized changes to firewall configurations by abusing the FortiCloud single sign on feature, raising concerns for organizations relying on FortiGate appliances for perimeter security. Automated Activity Observed Since Mid January According

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Researchers Null-Route More Than 550 Kimwolf and Aisuru Botnet Command Servers

Security researchers have disrupted a major botnet operation after null-routing traffic linked to more than 550 command-and-control servers tied to the AISURU and Kimwolf botnets. The takedown was carried out by Black Lotus Labs, the threat intelligence arm of Lumen Technologies, and began in early October 2025. These botnets have rapidly grown into some of the largest active malicious

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Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSIEM Vulnerability Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in FortiSIEM that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The flaw poses a serious risk to organizations using vulnerable FortiSIEM deployments, particularly those with exposed management services. Vulnerability Overview The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-64155, carries a CVSS score of 9.4, indicating critical

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Fog Ransomware Targets US Organizations Using Compromised VPN Credentials

A new ransomware variant known as Fog has emerged as a notable threat to organizations in the education and recreation sectors across the United States. Overview of the Threat Starting in early May 2024, Arctic Wolf Labs began monitoring Fog ransomware in multiple incident response cases. Approximately 80 percent of affected organizations operate in education,

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Cisco Switches Affected by Reboot Loops Caused by DNS Client Bug

Several Cisco switch models are unexpectedly entering reboot loops after reporting critical DNS client errors, according to recent reports compiled by BleepingComputer. The issue appears to have started around 2 AM, when a firmware problem in the switches’ DNS client service began treating DNS lookup failures as fatal errors. This caused the affected switches to

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Trend Micro Apex Central RCE Flaw Scores 9.8 CVSS in On-Prem Windows Versions

Trend Micro has issued urgent security updates for multiple vulnerabilities affecting on-premise Windows deployments of Apex Central, including a critical flaw that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The most severe issue, tracked as CVE-2025-69258, has been assigned a CVSS score of 9.8, placing it among the highest risk vulnerabilities. According to Trend

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Cisco Patches ISE Security Flaw Following Public PoC Exploit Release

Cisco has issued updates to fix a medium-severity vulnerability affecting its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC), after a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was released. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 with a CVSS score of 4.9, resides in the licensing functionality and could allow a remote, authenticated attacker with administrative

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Fortinet Warns of Active Exploitation of FortiOS SSL VPN 2FA Bypass Vulnerability

Fortinet has reported active abuse of a long-standing security vulnerability in FortiOS SSL VPN that allows bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) under specific configurations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-12812 with a CVSS score of 5.2, arises due to improper authentication handling that lets users log in without being prompted for the second authentication factor if the

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CISA Flags Actively Exploited Digiever NVR Vulnerability Enabling RCE

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical security vulnerability affecting Digiever DS-2105 Pro network video recorders (NVRs) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active attacks. The flaw, identified as CVE-2023-52163 with a CVSS score of 8.8, allows post-authentication remote code execution through a command injection vulnerability.

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