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FortigateSniffer: Golang-Based Tool for Passive Credential Sniffing on FortiGate

June 25, 2026

FortigateSniffer is a Golang-based tool used in the FortiBleed campaign to passively intercept authentication traffic from compromised FortiGate firewalls. It leverages the FortiOS diagnostic command 'diagnose sniffer packet' to monitor 24 protocols and extract cleartext and hashed credentials.