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FortiBleed Exposes 73,000+ Fortinet Devices: What Businesses Need to Know
Christopher Souza | CEO It has been an unfortunate month for Fortinet customers. Not even a month after concerns emerged around attacks targeting Fortinet Endpoint Management Server (EMS), security researchers now uncovered another major security issue involving Fortinet infrastructure. This latest incident, known as FortiBleed, involves the exposure of VPN credentials, firewall configuration data, and other sensitive information associated with Fortinet devices. While Fortinet has stated that the exposed information…
Continued about FortiBleed Exposes 73,000+ Fortinet Devices: What Businesses Need to KnowFortinet EMS Under Attack: What Businesses Need to Know
Christopher Souza | CEO Cybersecurity researchers have identified active exploitation of a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, is being leveraged by threat actors to gain unauthorized administrative access to FortiClient EMS environments and distribute credential-stealing malware to managed endpoints. Our partners at Arctic Wolf recently reported attacks where threat actors abused trusted endpoint management infrastructure to deploy a newly identified malware…
Continued about Fortinet EMS Under Attack: What Businesses Need to KnowStill on Windows 10? Why Not Upgrading is a Serious Security Risk for Businesses
Christopher Souza | CEO As of October 2025, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10, ending any new security updates, patches, or protection against newly discovered vulnerabilities. Despite this, millions of systems are still running on outdated software, presenting a considerable direct and indirect risk to organizations like yours. With extended support available ending on October 13, 2026, now is the time to take action to update these imminently vulnerable systems. Why…
Continued about Still on Windows 10? Why Not Upgrading is a Serious Security Risk for BusinessesElevated Cybersecurity Risk Amid U.S. and Iran Conflict
Christopher Souza | CEO A cyber advisory issued by our partners at Sophos highlights an increased global cyber risk environment due to escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. Sophos assesses the current threat level as elevated, with the greatest risk occurring in the immediate to short term, ranging from days to several weeks. During periods of geopolitical instability, cyber threat activity commonly increases as nation state…
Continued about Elevated Cybersecurity Risk Amid U.S. and Iran ConflictFortinet Firmware Advisory
Christopher Souza | CEO Fortinet has released a security advisory regarding a recently identified vulnerability affecting certain Fortinet devices configured to use FortiCloud Single Sign-On (SSO). While this issue has received attention, it’s important to note that there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and Fortinet has already taken proactive mitigation steps to protect customers. What Fortinet Has Done To reduce potential exposure, Fortinet has taken proactive steps at…
Continued about Fortinet Firmware AdvisoryHow the Venezuela Operation Puts U.S. Cybersecurity at Higher Risk
Christopher Souza | CEO On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces conducted Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas. According to cyber professionals and public statements from U.S. leaders, cyber tools were used in advance of the raid to disrupt Venezuelan power and communications infrastructure. President Trump indicated that the city’s lights were “largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have,”…
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