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🔒 Fortinet CISO Carl Windsor argues that 2026 will demand resilience as the central organizing principle for security as AI accelerates both innovation and risk. CISOs must act as de facto chief resilience officers, embedding continuity into AI-augmented operations and assuming AI-enabled failures will occur. He outlines five strategic priorities—business continuity, AI governance, hardened identity, cross‑functional collaboration, and continual adaptation—to contain and absorb disruption.

🔒 Fortinet has joined the ISC2 CPE Submitter program, enabling many Fortinet Training Institute offerings to count as continuing professional education (CPE) credits toward CISSP maintenance. Qualifying activities include NSE certification courses, Fast Tracks, webinars, and other online or in-person sessions; ISC2 recognizes one hour of Fortinet instruction as one CPE credit, up to eight credits per day. Participants must log in to their ISC2 portal and submit the Fortinet course name, duration, and completion date to claim credits.

🔒 Bleeping Computer reports that attackers are actively exploiting an older FortiOS vulnerability, CVE-2020-12812, which can bypass two-factor authentication. Although Fortinet issued a patch in July 2020, researchers say at least 10,000 FortiGate firewalls remain unpatched. Administrators are urged to install the latest updates immediately to mitigate account access risks. Additional measures include restricting administrative access, rotating credentials, and monitoring logs for suspicious activity.

⚠ Administrators continue to find more than 10,000 internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls vulnerable to an active two-factor authentication bypass (CVE-2020-12812) that was patched in July 2020. The flaw in FortiOS SSL VPN permits login without a second factor when username case is altered; Fortinet advised disabling username case sensitivity as a mitigation. Shadowserver reports over 1,300 affected IPs in the U.S. — network owners should patch, apply mitigations, and audit LDAP-dependent management interfaces immediately.

🔒 Cybersecurity in 2025 was defined by high-profile breaches, weaponized AI and renewed focus on supply-chain and vulnerability management. Major events included vendor withdrawals from MITRE ATT&CK evaluations, a large-scale IoT proxy network, a critical Fortinet zero-day in active exploitation, and the fast mitigation of an npm package compromise. New risks such as 'quishing', LLM-driven hallucination attacks and agentic AI guidance from OWASP also shaped the year.

🔒 Fortinet warns that attackers continue to exploit a critical FortiOS vulnerability (CVE-2020-12812) that can bypass two-factor authentication on FortiGate SSL VPNs by changing the case of the username. The issue affects configurations where local users requiring FortiToken are linked to LDAP groups and stems from inconsistent case-sensitive matching between local and remote authentication. Fortinet patched the bug in July 2020 and advised disabling username case sensitivity or removing secondary LDAP group fallbacks if patches cannot be deployed; the vendor reports ongoing abuse against appliances with LDAP configured.

🔐 This article outlines seven certification programs from leading vendors that validate skills in converged, cloud-native Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures. It summarizes entry to professional-level credentials from Cato Networks, Cisco, Fortinet, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks, Versa, and Zscaler, highlighting target audiences, exam formats, costs, and key competencies such as SD‑WAN, ZTNA, CASB and FWaaS. The piece also notes Gartner’s market projection and emphasizes that these credentials address a widening skills gap as enterprises migrate from perimeter-based defenses.

⚠️ Fortinet warned on December 24, 2025 that attackers are actively abusing a five‑year‑old FortiOS SSL VPN flaw, CVE-2020-12812 (CVSS 5.2), to bypass two‑factor authentication under specific configurations. The issue stems from inconsistent case sensitivity between FortiGate local users and LDAP directories: if a username's case does not exactly match the local entry, FortiGate may fall back to LDAP and accept credentials without 2FA. Fortinet reiterated prior patches and published configuration mitigations and commands to disable username case sensitivity, and advised customers to contact support and reset credentials if unauthorized 2FA bypass is detected.

🔐 Fortinet has observed active abuse of FG-IR-19-283 (CVE-2020-12812) in environments where FortiGate and LDAP username case handling differ. In these configurations, a username entered with any case variation that does not exactly match the local FortiGate entry can bypass local 2FA and instead authenticate via an LDAP group fallback. Administrators should enable the appropriate username sensitivity setting or remove unnecessary secondary LDAP groups to block this bypass.

🔐 Fortinet warns that "harvest-now, decrypt-later" attacks make long-term confidentiality vulnerable now and urges organizations to begin quantum readiness today. The company identifies four essential capabilities for enterprise-grade quantum-safe solutions: minimal performance impact, mandatory crypto-agility, adherence to standards, and deployment flexibility. Fortinet highlights hardware acceleration (NP7 ASICs) to preserve throughput, a required Hybrid Mode to combine classical and PQC key exchanges (e.g., DH + ML-KEM), NIST-approved PQC algorithms for interoperability, and optional QKD for highest-assurance links.

⚡ Over the past week attackers exploited flaws in edge and network products from Fortinet, SonicWall, Cisco, and WatchGuard, targeting firewalls and appliances to gain deeper access. Browser extensions and Android TVs were abused for data theft and botnet recruitment. Campaigns by groups such as Ink Dragon, Kimsuky, and LongNosedGoblin deployed implants and innovative delivery chains, highlighting the urgent need for rapid patching, inventory verification, and tighter controls on trusted systems.

🔒 Shadowserver has identified more than 25,000 Fortinet devices online with FortiCloud SSO enabled, amid active exploitation of a critical authentication bypass (CVE-2025-59718/CVE-2025-59719). Researchers report attackers send malicious SAML messages to perform unauthorized SSO, gain admin-level access, and download system configuration files containing hashed credentials, exposed services, and network details. CISA added the flaw to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities and ordered U.S. agencies to patch within a week; Fortinet notes FortiCloud SSO is only enabled after device registration, but many management interfaces remain publicly reachable.

🔔 CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog: CVE-2025-14733, an Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability affecting WatchGuard Firebox. The agency says there is evidence of active exploitation and highlights that BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies to remediate KEV entries by their due dates. CISA also urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation to reduce exposure to active threats.

🔍 Fortinet and academic partners, including UC Berkeley’s CLTC and the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab, collaborated on global tabletop exercises and analysis to assess how AI is reshaping cybercrime. The Singapore TTX demonstrated that AI amplifies existing attack vectors—speeding reconnaissance, phishing, and malware development—while lowering barriers to entry and fostering criminal specialization. Defenders reported that governance, decision rights, and human judgment often mattered more than specific tools, underscoring the need for strong public-private collaboration and human oversight of AI-assisted detection.

🔎 Fortinet and UC Berkeley partners analyzed a Singapore tabletop exercise to assess how AI is reshaping cybercrime and defense. The practitioner perspective complements CLTC’s academic work and shows AI is amplifying existing attack vectors—speeding phishing, reconnaissance, code generation, and malware iteration—while lowering barriers to entry. The exercise highlighted that governance, human judgment, and cross-sector collaboration frequently determine response effectiveness more than specific tools.

🔒 Security researchers and incident response teams warn that threat actors are rapidly exploiting newly disclosed authentication bypass vulnerabilities in Fortinet's FortiOS that affect FortiGate, FortiWeb, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager devices. Arctic Wolf reported seeing tens of intrusions since December 12, 2025, and advises that hashed credentials in exfiltrated configurations should be presumed compromised and rotated immediately. CISA has added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list and Fortinet has released patches; administrators are urged to disable FortiCloud SSO until devices are upgraded and to follow Fortinet's hardening guidance.

🔒 Researchers report active exploitation of two critical FortiCloud SSO authentication bypasses (CVE-2025-59718, CVE-2025-59719) that can grant unauthenticated admin access to multiple Fortinet products. The flaws stem from improper verification of SAML cryptographic signatures, enabling forged assertions to bypass login controls. Attacks observed from December 12 targeted admin accounts and led to exfiltration of system configuration files. Administrators should disable FortiCloud SSO if unable to upgrade and apply vendor patches immediately.

🔔 CISA has added CVE-2025-59718 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is described as an improper verification of cryptographic signature affecting multiple Fortinet products and represents a high-risk attack vector. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate KEV entries by mandated due dates. CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation and apply vendor fixes or mitigations promptly.

🔒 Arctic Wolf observed active intrusions on December 12, 2025 exploiting two critical Fortinet authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719). The flaws, both scored 9.8, permit unauthenticated bypass of SSO login via crafted SAML messages when FortiCloud SSO is enabled; Fortinet published patches for FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager last week. Attackers used hosting IPs tied to providers such as The Constant Company llc, Bl Networks and Kaopu Cloud Hk Limited to log in as "admin" and export device configurations. Organizations should apply updates immediately, disable FortiCloud SSO until systems are patched, restrict management access and assume compromise if IoCs are present.

🏆 Fortinet has been named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure, marking the eighth consecutive year of recognition. Based on feedback from 458 verified end users, Fortinet earned a 4.9/5 average rating with 97% saying they would recommend the product. The company attributes the result to its Secure Networking platform that converges networking and security via FortiOS, FortiLink and AI-enabled operations to simplify management and lower risk.