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Unit 42 Uncovers PEERSTITCH, a Stealthy FortiGate Implant

·Source: Unit 42 (Palo Alto)

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Executive Summary

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

Analysis

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

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2024-47575
Source Attribution

Originally published by Unit 42 (Palo Alto) on Oct 14, 2026.

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