Why Zero-Day Attacks Bypass Traditional Firewall Security: Defending Against Zero-Day’s like Palo Alto Networks CVE-2024-0012

Recently, Palo Alto Networks identified and patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in their next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0012, allowed attackers to execute code on vulnerable devices remotely. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in attacks dubbed “Operation Lunar Peek.”

First seen on securityboulevard.com

Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/12/why-zero-day-attacks-bypass-traditional-firewall-security-defending-against-zero-days-like-palo-alto-networks-cve-2024-0012/