Hackers Deploy Python Backdoor in Palo Alto Zero-Day Attack
April 13, 2024 at 05:27AM Threat actors have been actively exploiting a critical zero-day flaw (CVE-2024-3400) in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software, allowing unauthorized code execution. Dubbed Operation MidnightEclipse, the attack involves creating cron jobs to run commands from an external server, triggering a Python-based backdoor. The actor UTA0218 displays advanced capabilities and likely state-backing. … Read more