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Proactive, Responsible Disclosure Is One Crucial Way Fortinet Strengthens Customer Security

The cybersecurity industry continues to grow and mature. As a part of this process, we must collectively raise the topic of—and discuss the need for—ethical rules for handling the disclosure of vulnerabilities, especially given the many benefits of providing such intelligence in protecting customers against cyber adversaries.

By Carl Windsor May 03, 2024

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The Importance of Patching: An Analysis of the Exploitation of N-Day Vulnerabilities

An analysis of the exploitation of resolved N-Day Fortinet vulnerabilities by an unknown actor.

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Analysis of CVE-2023-27997 and Clarifications on Volt Typhoon Campaign

Today, Fortinet published a CVSS Critical PSIRT Advisory (FG-IR-23-097 / CVE-2023-27997) along with several other SSL-VPN related fixes. This blog adds context to that advisory, providing our customers with additional details to help them make informed, risk-based decisions, and provides our perspective relative to recent events involving malicious actor activity.

By Carl Windsor June 12, 2023

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Analysis of FG-IR-22-369

A following write-up that details Fortinet's investigation into the incident that led to the discovery of FG-IR-22-369 and additional IoCs identified during our ongoing analysis.

By Guillaume Lovet and Alex Kong March 09, 2023

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Perspectives: FortiNAC and CVE-2022-39952

Fortinet published a Critical Advisory (FG-IR-22-300 / CVE-2022-39952) for FortiNAC on February 16, 2023. This article adds perspective to that Advisory to provide customers with additional and accurate details.

By Carl Windsor February 23, 2023

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Analysis of FG-IR-22-398 – FortiOS - heap-based buffer overflow in SSLVPNd

Fortinet published CVSS: Critical advisory FG-IR-22-398 / CVE-2022-42475 on Dec 12, 2022. This blog details our initial investigation into this malware and additional IoCs identified during our ongoing analysis. Read more.

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Update Regarding CVE-2022-40684

Fortinet recently distributed a PSIRT advisory regarding CVE-2022-40684 that details urgent mitigation guidance. Fortinet strongly urges potentially affected customers to immediately update their FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager products.

By Carl Windsor October 14, 2022

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Apache Log4j Vulnerability

Read for an update from Fortinet about the Apache Log4j vulnerability, including protections and mitigating issues. It is critical that organizations take immediate action to inventory systems and prioritize remediation.

By Carl Windsor December 12, 2021

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Fortinet and Expiring Let’s Encrypt Certificates

Read more for an update from Fortinet about Let’s Encrypt certificates as well as how Fortinet is working to improve certificate validation.

By Carl Windsor September 30, 2021

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Malicious Actor Discloses FortiGate SSL-VPN Credentials

Fortinet is aware that a malicious actor has disclosed SSL-VPN credentials to access FortiGate SSL-VPN devices. This incident is related to an old vulnerability resolved in May 2019. We continue to strongly recommend that customers implement the patch upgrade and password reset as soon as possible.

By Carl Windsor September 08, 2021