A Florida man who worked as a ransomware negotiator at a US cyber incident response firm has pleaded guilty to conspiring with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware group, feeding the attackers confidential information about his own clients while simultaneously negotiating on their behalf. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O'Lakes, Florida, admitted to providing BlackCat operators with clients' insurance policy limits and internal negotiation strategies without his employer's or clients' knowledge. The oper
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Throughout early 2026, SentinelOne’s® Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) team has responded to several incidents in which FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) have been compromised to establish a foothold in the targeted environment. Each incident was detected and stopped during the lateral movement phase of the attack. Fortinet disclosed and issued patches for several high-severity vulnerabilities, allowing unauthorized access during our investigation period. Successful explo
