Brute-force attacks hammer Fortinet devices worldwide

A surge in brute-force attempts targeting Fortinet SSL VPNs that was spotted earlier this month could be a portent of imminent attacks leveraging currently undisclosed (potentially zero-day) vulnerabilities in Fortinet devices. Shifting attacks Greynoise, a cybersecurity intelligence service that through its global network of passive sensors collects, analyzes, and labels data about internet-wide scanning activity, shared on Tuesday that they say spotted two waves of attacks: On August 3, 780+ unique IPs triggered the company’s … More →

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