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Liebe Fortinet-Partner,

hiermit erhalten Sie wieder die Zusammenfassung der letzten Woche:

 

Releases in the past 7 days (RSS feed)

  • FortiAnalyzer 5.6.5 (release notes)
    • Bug fixes
  • FortiManager 5.6.5 (release notes)
    • Bug fixes
  • FortiMail 6.0.1 (release notes)
    • Disclaimer insertion for all action profiles
    • Fixed issue with delivery to Google Business Email Service
    • Use of variables for header manipulation
    • Log retention and access improvements
    • Bug fixes and resolved vulnerabilities
  • FortiAP-S 6.0.1, FortiAP-W2 6.0.1 (release notes)
    • LED blinking when FortiOS 6.0.1 is the AP controller
    • Support for Receiver Start of Packet Detection Threshold (RX-SOP)
    • Enhancements for mesh or local standalone SSID setups
    • Bug fixes and resolved vulnerability CVE-2017-6214
  • FortiDDoS 4.6.0 (release notes)
    • TACACS+ administrator authentication support
    • Option to permit/block L3 and L4 anomalies
    • HA configuration improvements and more
  • FortiToken Mobile for iOS 4.4.0 (release notes)
    • Updated PIN policy to enforce strictest FortiAuthenticator policy
    • Bug fixes
  • SaaS - FortiExtender Cloud went recently live (website)
    • Up to 10 devices are for free with the FortiExtender Cloud Basic service level

Lifecycle Announcements – End of Orders (RSS feed)

  • FortiGate 60D (replace with FortiGate 60E)
    EOO: Sep 23, 2018 / EOS: Sep 23, 2023 (cf. EOO Announcement in the Support Portal)
  • Public cloud provider specific SKUs (-AZ, -AWS) for
    • FortiMail (replace with general VM SKU) 
      EOO: Sep 29, 2018 / EOS: Sep 29, 2023 (cf. EOO announcement in the Support Portal)
    • FortiWeb (replace with general VM SKU) 
      EOO: Sep 29, 2018 / EOS: Sep 29, 2023 (cf. EOO announcement in the Support Portal)
  • FortiPhone-M70 and FortiFone-70e

Tools and Documentation 
(Knowledge Base RSS feed, Cookbook RSS feed)

  • Technical Note: new behavior of route-based IPsec dial-up tunnels (Fortinet KB, PDF)
  • Correspondingly updated Fortinet Auto Discovery VPN guide (Fortinet KB, PDF)
  • Fortinet Cookbook: Transparent web proxy with FSSO on FortiOS 5.6 (link)
  • Fortinet Cookbook: SSL VPN with RADIUS and FortiToken (link)

Events / Webinars

  • Fortinet Accelerate 18 sessions on YouTube:
    • Ken Xie, CEO: Leading The Challenge In Internet Security Transformation (25:15 min on YouTube)
    • Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, VP, Strategy & Analytics: Next Generation CISOs: Master Commanders or Adrift Without a Paddle? (31:31 min on YouTube)
    • Phil Quade, CISO: Security Strategy Renaissance For The Age of Digital Transformation (23:12 min on YouTube)
    • Patrice Perche, EVP WW Sales: Unlocking Digital Transformation (20:01 min on YouTube)
    • John Jacobs, VP, Systems Engineering: Making The Public Cloud A Critical Business Enabler Without The Security Concerns (20:01 min on YouTube)
    • John Maddison, SVP of Products & Solutions: Fortinet Security Fabric - Protecting The Digital Attack Surface (29:11 min on YouTube)

Security Research

  • Technical analysis of the Microsoft Edge browser vulnerability CVE-2018-0946 (use-after-free) by senior IPS analyst Dehui Yin (Fortinet blog)
  • Summary of recent security research news about Efail, a car hack and IoT honeypots by “the Crypto Girl” FortiGuard researcher Axelle Apvrille (Fortinet blog)
  • The FortiGuard SE Team writes about the trend of putting lots of malware into a single threat such as Mylobot or Thrip (Fortinet blog)

News / Blogs / Videos

 

* Disclaimer: This summary is based on best effort by the Swiss Fortinet SEs. While we try to get all relevant information of the week into this summary, we might miss some information as we collect it or other mistakes may happen. Therefore, don't base your decisions on this summary, but check the authoritative sources yourself.