Last updated: 06.06.2024 / Von diesem Artikel ist auch eine deutsche Version verfügbar. The answer: the one which is most suitable for your usecase. Our answer could be summarized as simply as that. There is no version that we can always recommend. In addition, the FortiOS software is subject to…
Fortinet has changed it’s SSO system underneith. Therefore, the shown message has changed. We have documented the new behaviour in this blog post: blog.boll.ch/forticloud-check-your-email-or-token-application-for-the-security-code The single-sign-on accounts for Fortinet websites are used for sites such as support.fortinet.com and forticloud.com. There are a whole lot of other sites that use the…
Last Update: 31.07.2024 Since last week, we observed a lot of failed SSL-VPN login events on various FortiGate setups. (Edit: That was back in August of 2021 and the big “scanning” ended around two weeks after it has started. But messages are still shown from time to time, since scanning…
In der Schweiz wurde in den letzten Jahren ein immer grösseres Augenmerk auch von politischer und staatlicher Seite auf die Cybersicherheit gelegt. So wurden die zuständigen Stellen reorganisiert und ausgebaut. Ebenfalls haben die zuständigen Stellen online Präsenzen mit vielen nützlichen Informationen geschaffen. Wir möchten euch hier die wichtigsten Info-Seiten, welche…
Some providers (like init7.ch which already uses the Swisscom XGS-PON) do encapsulate their PPPoE traffic into a VLAN Tag (802.1Q or Q-Tagged). The reason for this is, that in the majority of the cases the provider is using a layer 2 network (last mile) of another provider, which uses VLAN…
Microsoft has released KB5003646 on the 6th of June 2021. Part of this update is a security hardening measurement to align with recommendations as a conclusion out of CVE-2021-31958. As a known issue of this KB5003646, microsoft has noted in the release notes: “After installing this or later updates, apps…
If you are not using your account for PSAT admin access on a regular basis, your account will get locked down automatically after 92 days (this is a default value that can be adjusted). Accounts are also being locked after 5 unsuccessfull login attempts by default. To unlock your account,…
Last update from 12.05.2021 at 09:40 Swiss local time: We have noticed an improvement in the situation. Some rare rating timeouts still show up from time to time, but the majority of requests are being answered correctly. Also the DNS servers are working as usual again. We have noticed an…
On some FortiGate models, you are being asked to connect a self-loopback cable on some ports during the HQIP test. This request looks like the following CLI output:
Let’s mention the important things first: Please patch you vulnerable Exchange 2013, 2016 and 2019 immediately! The page msxfaq has published an infosite to this vulnerability including the instructions how to fix your Exchange. Some security researchers have demonstrated three high risk vulnerabilities for exchange server systems. Microsoft has published…
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