Fortinet has officially transitioned FortiOS 7.6 into the “Mature” phase with the release of FortiOS 7.6.5. For many administrators, this is the green light to begin upgrading production environments. However, this release isn’t just about bug fixes, it introduces several mandatory enforcement measures designed to harden security. If you are…
Fortinet published information about a new vulnerability in FortiWeb. Affected devices must have specific firmware patches and management interfaces accessible via the WAN. Patched already exist to fix the issue.
We encountered an interesting — and quite disruptive — behavior in a High Availability (HA) setup. Situation Overview When restoring a configuration on one cluster node, the entire configuration of the other nodes was overwritten — including settings that are supposed to remain unique and unsynced, such as hostnames, management…
Starting October 15, Fortinet is introducing a significant update to its certification program — reintroducing the well-known NSE level names, while retiring some exams and launching new ones. In this blog post, you’ll find everything you need to know about the updated NSE path, requirements for FCP and FCSS certifications,…
Last Update: 31.12.2025 Spoiler alert: Current FortiOS versions do not allow BGP blackhole routing out of the box. But we have two possible workarounds ready for you.
We have updated our CheatSheet for the FortiAnalyzer/FortiManager to the OS version 7.4. We still have the divided sections for FortiAnalyzer Logging, FortiAnalyzer Reporting and FortiManager with all of our regularly used commands and some CLI-based debug examples that are also featured in the official training materials. We hope that…
Last updated: 05.09.2025 In this article, we want to point out some indicators used to determine if your FortiGate is under attack.
Last update: 28. April 2026 Have a look at our guides for FortiOS 7.2, FortiOS 7.6 and FortiOS 8.0. In our daily support work we often see FortiGates in use on which the basic settings like time zone, host name and so on have never been set correctly. Therefore we…
Last Update: 06.02.2026 … or accessed from any unauthorized party. In some cases it’s not even necessary to hack a system to gain access to it. For example it may be enough to leak a configuration file to allow unauthorized system access. Fortunately, many cases of a suspected hack turn…
In a significant move by Fortinet, the upcoming FortiOS version 7.4.4 introduces a pivotal change affecting numerous FortiGate devices. Users planning to upgrade need to be aware of the substantial shift from proxy-based features, which will no longer be supported under this new firmware version.
