China-nexus threat actors have exploited a VMware ESX zero-day to hide their tracks and chained PHP2Shell flaws with the “Fragnesia” Linux kernel bug to root servers and firewalls, cybersecurity researchers claim. Cisco has also confirmed that attackers are crashing its firewalls with a newly disclosed vulnerability.
Chinese hackers used VMware ESX zero-day; PHP2Shell and Fragnesia chained to root firewalls
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