For the past few weeks attackers have been probing networks for switches that can potentially be hijacked using the Cisco Smart Install (SMI) protocol. Researchers from Cisco’s Talos team have now ...

Russian government hackers flagged in March for targeting US critical infrastructure (CNI) are abusing a Cisco protocol known to have been vulnerable for over a year, the vendor has revealed. The ...

Attackers are exploiting a 'protocol misuse' issue in Cisco's Smart Install Client to gain entry to critical infrastructure providers, according to researchers at Cisco's Talos Intelligence group. The ...

In March, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued an unprecedented alert about Russian hacking of industrial control systems, especially in the energy sector. Done in conjunction ...

Cisco Systems has identified more than 168,000 systems that are potentially exposed via its Cisco Smart Install Client, which the U.S. government said is being targeted by Russian state-sponsored ...

Cisco is urging organizations to immediately address a critical flaw in its network switches running IOS and IOS XE software amid reports of widespread attacks against the devices in several countries ...

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In recent incidents, CISA has seen malicious cyber actors acquire system configuration files by leveraging available protocols or software on devices, such as abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install ...

Hackers attacked Cisco switches at data centers in Russia and Iran, leaving an image of the U.S. flag and the message “don’t mess with our elections,” according to ZDNet. The attacks exploited a ...