Hackers selling UK government login credentials on dark web amid FortiBleed campaign
The FortiBleed campaign targets internet-facing Fortinet VPNs and firewalls, with over 70,000 devices in 194 countries believed to be affected.
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FortiBleed: Credential Reuse, Legacy Hashes, and the Risk of Internet-Exposed FortiGate Devices
Key Takeaways FortiBleed refers to June 2026 public reporting of large-scale credential exposure and abuse targeting internet-reachable FortiGate management ...
FortiBleed Credential Theft Connected to INC and Lynx Ransomware
FortiBleed, the Fortinet credential theft campaign, is now connected to INC Ransom and Lynx, with a Nextcloud zero-day vulnerability also under investigation.
FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC, Lynx Ransomware Attacks
Researchers say credentials harvested from hundreds of thousands of FortiGate firewalls are being used to facilitate ransomware attacks by the INC and Lynx o...
430,000 FortiGate Devices Exposed in FortiBleed Ransomware Link
FortiBleed exposed 430,000 FortiGate firewalls, linked to INC Ransom and Lynx, enabling domain compromise and at least 12 ransomware attacks. SOCRadar’s Thre...
FortiBleed Credential Theft Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations
The recently discovered financially-motivated FortiBleed campaign has been attributed to INC and Lynx ransomware operations, indicating that the verified, st...
FortiBleed Campaign Linked to INC and Lynx Ransomware Operations
A direct operational link between the large-scale FortiBleed credential-harvesting campaign and two active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups: INC Ransom ...
FortiBleed credential-theft campaign linked to Lynx ransomware
The massive FortiBleed credential theft campaign has been linked to the INC and Lynx ransomware operations, suggesting the stolen Fortinet credentials were i...
FortiBleed campaign steals 110M credentials from FortiGate targets
A tool called FortigateSniffer abuses a diagnostic utility to continuously monitor network traffic.
FortiBleed: The Broker Who Turned 73,000 Firewalls Into a Product Catalog
FortiBleed exposed valid credentials for 73,000+ Fortinet firewalls, revealing a large-scale access-brokering operation targeting organizations worldwide. In...
FortiBleed Targeted FortiGate Firewalls in 110 Million-Credential Harvesting Operation
A Russian-speaking initial access broker (IAB) driven by financial gain is assessed to be behind a large-scale credential-harvesting operation known as Forti...
What the Fortibleed campaign means for organizations running FortiGate firewalls
A massive credential-harvesting campaign targeting FortiGate firewalls has exposed thousands of organizations to potential network compromise, and a trove of...
FortiBleed Campaign Uses FortigateSniffer to Harvest 110 Million Credentials From Fortinet Firewalls
A large-scale credential harvesting campaign called “FortiBleed” has been uncovered, revealing how threat actors are exploiting Fortinet FortiGate firewalls ...
FortiBleed campaign used custom FortiGate sniffer to steal credentials
Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to harvest authentication secrets f...
FortiBleed: The Most Detailed Breakdown Yet of an Active Russian Credential-Harvesting Operation
FortiBleed targeted 430,000+ FortiGate devices, harvesting 110M credentials and enabling breaches through large-scale credential theft.
Fortinet Responds to FortiBleed Campaign
A database of over 86,000 confirmed working credentials was created during the credential-harvesting campaign. The post Fortinet Responds to FortiBleed Campa...
NCSC Urges Fortinet Customers to Tackle FortiBleed Fallout
The NCSC has released guidance for Fortinet customers impacted by the FortiBleed threat campaign
Fortinet Warns of Active FortiBleed Credential Theft Attacks on FortiGate Devices
Fortinet has issued a security warning about ongoing credential-harvesting attacks targeting FortiGate devices in a campaign known as “FortiBleed.” Threat ac...
Week in review: 74k Fortinet firewall credentials stolen, Splunk Enterprise RCE under active attack
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: A hardware neural network backdoor that hides in plain sigh...
FortiBleed Exposes Global Credential-Spraying Operation
FortiBleed exposed a massive campaign that made billions of login attempts against Fortinet VPNs, compromising organizations worldwide. FortiBleed wasn’t a t...