government agencies and organizations in such critical areas as nuclear, water, aviation, energy, commercial facilities and manufacturing.Ĭisco in February 2017 issued an alert after discovering a rise in the number of internet scans for systems where the Smart Install Client was not turned off or configured with the property security controls.
Cert that alleged hackers associated with the Russian government were targeting U.S. The Talos unit is blaming nation-states for the bulk of these attacks, saying they are similar to those detailed in a release last month by U.S. Attackers are taking aim at critical infrastructure in multiple countries by exploiting a software flaw in some Cisco switches that has been a point of concern for more than a year.Īccording to a blog post issued April 5 by Cisco’s Talos security unit, the cyber-attacks are exploiting what Cisco officials are calling a “protocol misuse” situation in Cisco’s Smart Install Client, which is designed to enable the no-touch installation and deployment of new Cisco hardware, in particular Cisco switches.
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