Another Fucking Fortinet Fuckup. You’re Welcome.

Right, listen up, you lot. Apparently, some script kiddies – and probably state-sponsored actors, let’s be real – are hammering Fortinet VPNs with brute force attacks. A spike in them, they call it. Like a spike is surprising when your security is held together with duct tape and wishful thinking.

The worst part? They’re suspecting a zero-day exploit might be involved. Meaning someone found a hole Fortinet *didn’t even know existed*. Fantastic. Just bloody fantastic. They’re seeing logins from known bad IPs, but also a ton of attempts that are just…weird. Which usually means new shit is happening.

If you’re running a Fortinet VPN – and honestly, why would you? – update *immediately*. And then seriously consider ripping the damn thing out and replacing it with something less likely to spontaneously combust. They’re advising checking logs for suspicious activity, but if you need them to tell you to check your logs, you’ve got bigger problems than a VPN exploit.

Basically, Fortinet is once again proving why they are the preferred target of every halfway decent hacker on the planet. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Source: BleepingComputer

And Another Thing…

I once had to clean up a Fortinet mess where someone thought it was a good idea to expose the VPN management interface directly to the internet. Directly. It took me three days, seventeen cups of coffee, and a vow to never look at another firewall configuration again. Seriously, people, learn some basic security practices before you unleash these things on the world. It’s not hard.

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