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Malware implants on Cisco routers revealed to be more widespread

Researchers detected 200 Cisco routers with malicious firmware in 31 countries, with the U.S. having the largest number of potentially infected routers

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 21, 2015 2 mins

Malware Network Security Technology Industry

Attackers install highly persistent malware implants on Cisco routers

The firmware on at least 14 business routers has been replaced with a backdoored version, researchers from Mandiant found

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 15, 2015 3 mins

Malware Network Security Technology Industry

Popular Belkin Wi-Fi routers plagued by unpatched security flaws

Attackers could exploit the flaws to hijack DNS requests or completely take over affected devices

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 1, 2015 3 mins

Hacking Network Security Technology Industry

Akamai: The Internet’s aging protocols make juicy targets

The latest wave of Internet attacks doesn't merely involve exploits like cross-site scripting; they also leverage aging protocols with enough volume to jam backbone routers

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 18, 2015 3 mins

Network Security Security Technology Industry

10 security technologies destined for the dustbin

Systemic flaws and a rapidly shifting threatscape spell doom for many of today’s trusted security technologies

By Roger Grimes

Aug 17, 2015 19 mins

Data and Information Security Network Security Privacy

Cisco warns customers about attacks installing rogue firmware on networking gear

Compromised administrative credentials were used to flash malicious boot firmware on Cisco IOS devices

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 13, 2015 2 mins

Network Security

NSA’s new open source project is a cyber security tool

But wariness of the NSA as a software supplier will make it hard for the SIMP cyber security project to attract users

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jul 15, 2015 2 mins

Network Security Security Technology Industry

OpenSSL fixes serious flaw that could enable man-in-the-middle attacks

The vulnerability allows attackers to generate rogue certificates that pass OpenSSL's validation

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 10, 2015 3 mins

Encryption Network Security Patch Management Software

VPN users, beware: You may not be as safe as you think you are

Thanks to IPv6 leakage, your data could be out there for anyone to see

By Katherine Noyes

Jul 2, 2015 3 mins

Network Security Technology Industry

Obsolete Internet protocol once again becomes an attack vector

The RIPv1 routing protocol is being used to launch DDoS attacks against many hosts on the Internet, according to an Akamai threat report

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jul 1, 2015 3 mins

Network Security Technology Industry