Security News > 2016 > March > Cisco removes weak default static credentials from its switches (Help Net Security)
2016-03-03 19:39
Cisco has released on Wednesday a bucketload of software updates for a wide variety of its products, fixing vulnerabilities of different types and severity. But one is deemed critical: default static passwords have been found on the company’s Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Nexus 3500 Platform Switches. The flaw affects the Cisco NX-OS Software running on those devices, and could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the device with the … More →
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