F5 BIG-IP APM Devices Targeted in Active Breaches; Attackers Deploy Linux Rootkit
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F5 BIG-IP APM is critical infrastructure for access management at enterprises; active exploitation with persistent rootkits poses severe operational and data-security risks across affected networks.
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