Security News > 2025 > February > Palo Alto firewalls under attack as miscreants chain flaws for root access
2025-02-19 00:15
If you want to avoid urgent patches, stop exposing management consoles to the public internet A flaw patched last week by Palo Alto Networks is now under active attack and, when chained with two older vulnerabilities, allows attackers to gain root access to affected systems.…
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