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Here’s how hackers are targeting Cisco Network Switches in Russia and Iran

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Since last week, a new hacking group, calling itself ‘JHT,’ hijacked a significant number of Cisco devices belonging to organizations in Russia and Iran, and left a message that reads—”Do not mess with our elections” with an American flag (in ASCII art… Continue reading Here’s how hackers are targeting Cisco Network Switches in Russia and Iran→

Disable TELNET! Cisco finds 0-Day in CIA Dump affecting over 300 Network Switch Models

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Cisco is warning of a new critical zero-day IOS / IOS XE vulnerability that affects more than 300 of its switch models.

The company identified this highest level of vulnerability in its product while analyzing “Vault 7” — a roughly 8,761 documents and files leaked by Wikileaks last week, claiming to detail hacking tools and tactics of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The vulnerability

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