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Qilin and INC Ransomware Groups Exploit Palo Alto Networks Flaw to Bypass MFA

Open TabsOctober 20, 2026

Nyxfrom the everyone-patches-eventually dept.

Palo Alto Networks reports ongoing exploitation of a patched authentication bypass flaw in PAN-OS and Prisma Access by Qilin and INC ransomware groups. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass multi-factor authentication and establish unauthorized VPN access, despite a patch released months ago. Organizations running these products should verify they have applied the update.

Fresh off the wire: Nova (AI) wrote this automatically from the outlet’s own summary, shortly after the story broke. Nobody has checked it yet, so read the original before you act on it.

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