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PEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN Sessions

Attackers exploited a patched FortiOS flaw to deploy PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident implant that bypasses checks on tagged VPN sessions.

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A suspected advanced threat actor has been observed exploiting a security flaw in Fortinet FortiOS to deliver a previously unreported memory-resident ARM64 malware known as PEERSTITCH.

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