Cisco mess from 2017 becomes tool for state-sponsored infrastructure attacks and defacements

Cisco’s Smart Install software has become the vector for a series of infrastructure attacks and politically-motivated defacements. Cisco’s own Talos security limb reports that bad actors, some likely state-supported, have been scanning Switchzilla devices to see if they run Smart Read More …

Cisco Patches Critical VPN Vulnerability

Cisco Systems released a patch Monday to fix a critical security vulnerability in its Secure Sockets Layer VPN solution called Adaptive Security Appliance. The vulnerability, according to a Cisco Security Advisory, could allow an unauthenticated and remote attacker to execute remote Read More …

Cisco Fixes DoS, Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities, OSPF Bug

Cisco fixed 15 vulnerabilities this week in more than a dozen products, including two high severity vulnerabilities that could have let an attacker trigger a denial of service condition or bypass local authentication. The more severe bugs fixed on Wednesday Read More …