We investigated an intrusion where attackers exploited CVE-2024-47575 to target 500+ firewalls and deploy PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident ARM64 malware.
Unit 42 Uncovers PEERSTITCH, a Stealthy FortiGate Implant
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