Fortinet appliances remain vulnerable to critical bug, risking cyberattacks

A significant portion of 133,000 vulnerable devices are located in Asia

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Thousands of Fortinet appliances remain vulnerable to critical bug, risking cyberattacks
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Thousands of Fortinet appliances remain vulnerable to critical bug, risking cyberattacks

Despite ongoing efforts to address a critical security flaw in Fortinet appliances, more than 133,000 devices remain exposed to potential cyber threats.

The vulnerability, indexed as CVE-2024-21762, was patched by Fortinet in early February. However, the latest data from security nonprofit Shadowserver reveals that over 133,000 Fortinet appliances ...

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