Critical RCE Vulnerability Puts 330,000 Fortinet Firewalls at Risk

By Deeba Ahmed
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10, is a critical security bug that affects Fortinet appliances and has been actively exploited in the wild.
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Organizations actively embrace zero trust, integration remains a hurdle

IT teams have made security efforts and progress in zero-trust implementation strategies to establish a new sense of normalcy following the network upheaval caused by the start of the global pandemic. They have also addressed the need to secure remote … Continue reading Organizations actively embrace zero trust, integration remains a hurdle

CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

The U.S. government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal civilian agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. The directive comes amid a surge in attacks targeting previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used security and networking appliances. Continue reading CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

Fortinet Warns Customers of Possible Zero-Day Exploited in Limited Attacks

Fortinet has warned customers that the critical CVE-2023-27997 vulnerability that was patched recently could be a zero-day exploited in limited attacks.
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Fortinet patches pre-auth RCE, update your Fortigate firewalls ASAP! (CVE-2023-27997)

Fortinet has released several versions of FortiOS, the OS/firmware powering its Fortigate firewalls and other devices, without mentioning that they include a fix for CVE-2023-27997, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw that does not require the attacker … Continue reading Fortinet patches pre-auth RCE, update your Fortigate firewalls ASAP! (CVE-2023-27997)

Employee cybersecurity awareness takes center stage in defense strategies

As cyberattacks intensify, more and more organizations recognize the need to have a strong security culture for all employees, according to Fortinet. Employee cybersecurity awareness The most recent report from Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs found that ran… Continue reading Employee cybersecurity awareness takes center stage in defense strategies

Organizations are placing OT cybersecurity responsibility on CISOs

Protecting operational technology (OT) systems is now more critical than ever as more organizations connect their OT environments to the internet, according to Fortinet. Although IT/OT convergence has many benefits, it is being hampered and handicapped… Continue reading Organizations are placing OT cybersecurity responsibility on CISOs

Comcast Business, Fortinet, and Exclusive Networks team up to offer fully managed IT services

Comcast Business, Fortinet, and Exclusive Networks teamed up to deliver a new distribution sales route and managed SD-WAN services for value-added resellers (VARs) and managed service providers (MSPs). The collaboration expands the Masergy Guardian Por… Continue reading Comcast Business, Fortinet, and Exclusive Networks team up to offer fully managed IT services

Kyndryl collaborates with Fortinet to modernize mission-critical networking

Kyndryl introduced a managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution powered by Fortinet, which aims to help customers enable advanced network security initiatives. The solution combines Fortinet’s cloud-delivered security and secure networking solu… Continue reading Kyndryl collaborates with Fortinet to modernize mission-critical networking

Attackers are trying to exploit old DVR vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-9995, CVE-2016-20016)

Five years ago, security researcher Fernandez Ezequiel discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2018-9995) in many digital video recorder (DVR) brands and released a tool for exploiting it. The vulnerability is still being exploited in the wild, FortiGuard Labs… Continue reading Attackers are trying to exploit old DVR vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-9995, CVE-2016-20016)