A cybercriminal has launched credentials associated with almost half a million Fortinet VPN accounts online.
The account information supposedly scraped from Fortinet devices, exploiting a security vulnerability that first came to light in April. Although the months have elapsed since a patch was released, many of the credentials are currently following hackers’ affirmations.
The data became public by a threat actor known as Orange, which has prior affiliation with the operation of Ransomware Babuk.
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A link to the data was sent to a new underground forum called Ramp, which now administers orange. Commonweights have suggested that the launch of details of the Fortinet VPN account was a promotional trick designed to attract new members.
“We believe that with high confidence, the VPN SSL was likely to promote the new Ransomware Ramp Forum offered by a ‘Freebie’ for Ransomware Wannabe operators,” Vitali Kremez, VTO at Advanced Intel, told Bleeping Computer.
VPN credentials are hosted on a Tor storage server linked with Ransomware Group Groove, which was released only recently. The group only has a victim known to date, but may be looking to use the disclosure as a unit for its ransomware-as-a service operation.
While data violations of all kinds should be taken seriously, the commitment of VPN accounts is especially worrisome, due to the possibility that attackers access secure networks, position from which they could inject malware or exfiltrate sensitive data.
Although the authenticity of the Fortinet VPN VPN credentials has not yet been confirmed, administrators who take precautionary measures are still recommended, such as asking users to restore their passwords and closely check the infiltration signs.