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PHP2Shell Campaign Rooted 25 Firewall Servers — and Reached a Government Network

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Original editorial illustration of a firewall appliance on a server rack at night, its management port glowing red, a thin red thread running from the port out through a dark network map to a distant government-style building, with small dimmed nodes parked along the thread

PHP2Shell Campaign Rooted 25 Firewall Servers — and Reached a Government Network In brief Attackers chained PHP2Shell with a Linux kernel bug to root 25 firewall servers, reach a US government network, and leave 22 shells parked. The campaign, disclosed by Israeli firm Dream on October 28, 2026, ran a funnel: roughly 19,000 internet-facing firewalls … Read more