Security News > 2024 > April > Hackers Deploy Python Backdoor in Palo Alto Zero-Day Attack

2024-04-13 08:25
Threat actors have been exploiting the newly disclosed zero-day flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software dating back to March 26, 2024, nearly three weeks before it came to light yesterday. The network security company's Unit 42 division is tracking the activity under the name Operation MidnightEclipse, attributing it as the work of a single threat actor of
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