FIRESTARTER Backdoor: Why Cisco Firewall Attacks Are a Wake-Up Call for Remote Access CISA and the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre have released a Malware Analysis Report on FIRESTARTER, a persistent backdoor targeting publicly accessible Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices running Cisco ASA or

The Bigger Question Is: Why Is So Much Access Still Exposed? Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass vulnerability in PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal and gateway configurations. According to Palo Alto Networks, the flaw can allow an attacker to bypass