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Details have emerged about a China-nexus threat group's exploitation of a recently disclosed, now-patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day to seize control of the appliance and evade...
Echoes human rights groups' concerns that it could suppress free speech and more Networking giant Cisco has suggested the United Nations' first-ever convention against cyber crime is dangerously...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has disclosed that threat actors are abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install feature with the aim of accessing sensitive data. The agency said it has seen adversaries "Acquire system configuration files by leveraging available protocols or software on devices, such as abusing the legacy Cisco Smart Install feature."
A boffin from British defence contractor BAE has found three critical flaws in Cisco's Small Business SPA300 and SPA500 IP phones - and another couple of nasties - none of which will be fixed or mitigated. In an advisory published on Wednesday, Cisco explained the three most serious flaws - all rated CVSS 9.8 - affect the web-based management interface of the devices and could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain root privileges.
Cisco is warning of multiple critical remote code execution zero-days in the web-based management interface of the end-of-life Small Business SPA 300 and SPA 500 series IP phones. [...]
Cisco warns that exploit code is now available for a maximum severity vulnerability that lets attackers change any user password on unpatched Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (Cisco SSM...
CISA recommends disabling the legacy Cisco Smart Install feature after seeing it abused by threat actors in recent attacks to steal sensitive data, such as system configuration files. [...]
Cisco has fixed a critical severity vulnerability that lets attackers add new users with root privileges and permanently crash Security Email Gateway appliances using emails with malicious attachments. "This vulnerability is due to improper handling of email attachments when file analysis and content filters are enabled. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to replace any file on the underlying file system," Cisco explained.
Cisco just dropped a patch for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows attackers to change the password of any user, including admins. Tracked as CVE-2024-20419, the bug carries a maximum 10/10 CVSS 3.1 rating and affects the authentication system of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem.
Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities that may allow attackers to overwrite files on its Secure Email Gateways and change the password of any user on its Smart Software Manager On-Prem license servers. Cisco Secure Email Gateways aim to protect businesses against emails laden with malware, malicious links and scams, and against exfiltration of sensitive data via email.