Breach Roundup: Researchers Find Flaws in Palo Alto Firewalls

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Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, researchers at Eclypsium uncovered security flaws in Palo Alto Networks firewall appliances, U.S. prosecutors charged five individuals including two U.S. nationals for participating in a conspiracy to employ North Korean IT workers and a researcher found that ChatGPT could be used to launch DDoS attacks through a now disabled API endpoint. Also, Chinese hackers targeted a South Korean VPN maker, and researchers found a malicious package on PyPi. A Russian intelligence threat actor shifted tactics. The former owner of the BreachForums criminal forum faces the prospect of at least 15 years in prison after a court said his January 2024 sentence of 17 days and 20 years supervised release was too light ...