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CVE-2024-0204 in GoAnywhere MFT is a Ticking Time Bomb

Image source: Shutterstock More than 96% of GoAnywhere MFT assets that security vendor Tenable observed on Jan 23 were vulnerable. Mass attacks could soon begin against a critical authentication bypass flaw in Fortra’s GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) technology following the release of a proof-of-concept exploit for it this week. Fortra informed customers privately about […]

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Vulnerabilities

Citrix discloses critical authentication bypass flaw; two other vulnerabilities

Organizations should update as soon as possible. If past is precedent, new CVE-2022-27510 flaw could be heavily targeted [286 words]. What: A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-27510) is present in multiple versions of Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Citrix Gateway products. The vulnerability has a severity rating of 9.8 and gives attackers a way […]

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More than 29K+ Fortinet systems in US have admin login screen exposed to the Internet—and two other updates on CVE-2022-40684

Here’s the latest on the authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2022-40684) in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager [300 words] As of October 13, 2022, there were 24,924 servers in the US and 196,668 units globally, that exposed the attack surface of the vulnerability— the login screen for Fortinet administrators—to the Internet. The number includes versions of Fortinet technology […]

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Update: Attackers actively exploiting recently disclosed authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager

Key takeaway:  Adversaries can exploit the vulnerability remotely to gain full control of affected systems [297 words]. What: Attackers have begun actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-40684) that Fortinet privately disclosed last week in its FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager technologies.  The vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full administrative control of […]

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Enterprise Vulnerabilities

Fortinet warns of critical severity remotely executable authentication bypass vulnerability

Key takeaway: Fortinet products are a popular attacker target. Update now if you have affected versions of FortiOS and FortiProxy in your environment. If you cannot patch immediately disable Internet facing HTTPS Admin till you can.[296 words] What:  A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-40684) exists in the following FortiOS and FortiProxy versions. FortiOS: From 7.0.0 […]

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