Hackers Exploiting Three-Year-Old FortiGate Vulnerability to Bypass 2FA on Firewalls

Cybercriminals are actively abusing a long-patched Fortinet FortiGate flaw from July 2020, slipping past two-factor authentication (2FA) on firewalls and potentially granting unauthorized access to VPNs and admin consoles. Fortinet’s PSIRT team detailed the in-the-wild attacks in a recent blog post, urging admins to audit configurations immediately to avoid compromise. Dubbed FG-IR-19-283 (CVE-2020-12812), the issue […]

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