Cybercriminals have compromised tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPNs used by major companies all over the world, according to two cybersecurity firms.
The widespread hacking campaign, which is ongoing and has been dubbed FortiBleed, appears to not involve abusing any unknown vulnerability in the targeted devices, but rather on a more basic issue: Companies may not be changing passwords to the firewall, nor making sure that the credentials they use for sensitive systems exposed on the internet are not already known by hackers.
Read more…
Source: TechCrunch News
Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter
The latest cyber security news and insights delivered right to your inbox
Related:
- Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: How cyber operations supported the war against Iran
March 3, 2026
On Saturday, U.S. and Israeli jets began a bombing campaign against Iran, killing its supreme leader Ali Khamenei and several senior government officials. The attacks also hit military and civilian targets all across the country, including a girls’ school, where at least 168 children and adults were killed. After a few days of conflict, multiple reports, ...
- Chrome flaw let extensions hijack Gemini’s camera, mic, and file access
March 3, 2026
Chrome’s Gemini “Live in Chrome” panel (Gemini’s embedded, agent-style assistant mode within Chrome) had a high‑severity vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2026‑0628. The flaw let a low‑privilege extension inject code into the Gemini side panel and inherit its powerful capabilities, including local file access, screenshots, and camera/microphone control. The vulnerability was patched in a January update. But the ...
- Fooling AI Agents: Web-Based Indirect Prompt Injection Observed in the Wild
March 3, 2026
Large language models (LLMs) and AI agents are becoming deeply integrated into web browsers, search engines and automated content-processing pipelines. While these integrations can expand functionality, they also introduce a new and largely underexplored attack surface. One particularly concerning class of threats is indirect prompt injection (IDPI), in which adversaries embed hidden or manipulated instructions within ...
- LexisNexis hacked, 2 GB of structured data allegedly exposed
March 3, 2026
The hacker group FulcrumSec is taking responsibility for a data breach of information from LexisNexis. The group claims to have hacked into the LexisNexis servers on Feb. 24. It posted about the hack and alleged it got access to over 2 gigabytes of structured data. “We exfiltrated 2.04 GB of structured data from LexisNexis AWS infrastructure ...
- Scammers try to SIM-swap Dubai citizens hours after Iranian missile strikes
March 2, 2026
Scammers targeted Dubai citizens mere hours after missiles struck the city, attempting to gain access to their bank accounts, police have warned. Financially motivated cybercriminals are contacting citizens under the guise of Dubai Crisis Management, a fictitious department ostensibly tied to Dubai Police, in attempts to gather information that could be used in SIM-swap attacks. The ...
- New Android malware can hack every top phone maker’s security, and costs less than a second-hand iPhone
February 28, 2026
Oblivion is a newly observed Android Remote Access Trojan which reportedly targets a range of popular devices running Android 8 through 16. Security researchers at Certo have examined the tool, which is sold on a subscription basis starting at $300, and claims to be capable of working on heavily customized systems from Samsung, Xiaomi, and ...