Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces

Zero-Day Vulnerability Suspected in Attacks on Fortinet Firewalls with Exposed Interfaces

Threat hunters are calling attention to a new campaign that has targeted Fortinet FortiGate firewall devices with management interfaces exposed on the public internet. "The campaign involved unauthorized administrative logins on management interfaces of firewalls, creation of new accounts, SSL VPN authentication through those accounts, and various other configuration changes," cybersecurity firm