CISCO

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Former Cisco employee pleads guilty to hacking, damaging company systems

A former Cisco employee has pleaded guilty to hacking charges and intentionally causing damage to the systems of his company. The former Cisco employee Sudhish Kasaba Ramesh (30) pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to intentionally accessing a protected computer of his company without authorization and causing damage. The news was announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020
Cisco addresses ten high-risk issues in NX-OS software

Cisco addressed ten high-risk vulnerabilities in NX-OS software, including some issues that could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. Cisco this week released security patches to address ten high-risk vulnerabilities in NX-OS software, including some flaws that could lead to code execution and privilege escalation. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2020-3517, is a DoS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
Cisco fixes critical and high-severity flaws in Data Center Network Manager

Cisco addressed critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. Cisco addressed this week some critical and high-severity vulnerabilities impacting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. One of the most security issues is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3382. The vulnerability can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2020
Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

Cisco addresses a critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential flaws that could lead to full router takeover. Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities to completely […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2020
Cisco addresses flaws in Small Business Routers and Switches

Cisco announced that it has patched several vulnerabilities affecting its products, including security issues in Small Business routers and switches. Cisco has addressed eight vulnerabilities affecting its products, including flaws in Small Business routers and switches. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3297, affects Small Business and managed switches, it has been rated by Cisco as […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 02, 2020
IP-in-IP flaw affects devices from Cisco and other vendors

A flaw in the IP-in-IP tunneling protocol that can be exploited for DoS attacks and to bypass security controls impact devices from Cisco and other vendors. A vulnerability that affects the IP-in-IP tunneling protocol (aka IP Encapsulation within IP) implemented by Cisco and other vendors could be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and to bypass […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2020
Cisco fixes High Severity issues in ASA and FTD products

Cisco addresses tens of flaws in multiple products, including 12 high severity issues in Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense. Cisco released security updates to address 34 flaws in multiple products, including 12 high severity vulnerabilities that affect Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). Most of the vulnerabilities fixed by Cisco […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2020
Cisco addresses critical issues in IP Phones and UCS Director

Cisco released security patches to address numerous flaws in its products, including critical severity issues that affect IP Phones and UCS Director. The critical vulnerability fixed by Cisco affects IP Phones and resides on the webserver, the flaw could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute code with root privileges. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3161, […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2020
China-linked APT41 group exploits Citrix, Cisco, Zoho flaws

The China-linked group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The China-linked cyberespionage group tracked as APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in Citrix, Cisco, and Zoho ManageEngine in a campaign on a global scale. The campaign was uncovered by FireEye, threat actor targeted many organizations worldwide the […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2020
Cisco addresses multiple issues in its SD-WAN product

Cisco has addressed a total of five vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN solution, including three high severity flaws. Cisco has addressed five vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN solution, including three high severity flaws. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by attackers to make unauthorized changes to the system, inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root permissions, and […]