Unpatched FortiGate firewalls still exceed 338,000
While you may not personally own or use a FortiGate Firewall VPN device, you certainly interact with multiple devices while browsing the web. Unfortunately, it’s currently vulnerable to a serious exploit, and it’s entirely possible that over 250,000 devices remain unpatched. This is bad news not only for banks, content providers and online stores, but for you as well.
When you’re using a VPN, it’s easy to think your packets are passing through secure hardware, but unfortunately, this bug is actually being exploited. This allows an attacker to trigger remote code execution on the device, which can be used to gain complete control over network traffic. This may cause the VPN connection itself to remain active and everything to appear normal on your end, and redirect you to a fake site without any indication on your end.
It’s been almost a month since the patch went live, and unfortunately there are still many unpatched devices. Hopefully the number of unpatched devices will drop soon, but for now be extra careful.
