Oct 21, 2023NewsroomZero-Day / Vulnerability Cisco has warned of a new zero-day flaw in IOS XE that has been actively exploited by an unknown threat actor to deploy a malicious Lua-based implant on susceptible devices. Tracked as CVE-2023-20273 (CVSS score: 7.2), the issue relates to a privilege escalation flaw in the web UI feature and is said to have been used alongside … [Read more...] about Cisco Zero-Day Exploited to Implant Malicious Lua Backdoor on Thousands of Devices
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Cisco Releases Urgent Patch to Fix Critical Flaw in Emergency Responder Systems
Oct 05, 2023NewsroomNetwork Security / Software Patch Cisco has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Emergency Responder that allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to sign into susceptible systems using hard-coded credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20101 (CVSS score: 9.8), is due to the presence of static user credentials for the … [Read more...] about Cisco Releases Urgent Patch to Fix Critical Flaw in Emergency Responder Systems
Cisco and VMware Address Critical Vulnerabilities
Jun 08, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability VMware has released security updates to fix a trio of flaws in Aria Operations for Networks that could result in information disclosure and remote code execution. The most critical of the three vulnerabilities is a command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20887 (CVSS score: 9.8) that could allow a … [Read more...] about Cisco and VMware Address Critical Vulnerabilities
Cisco and VMware Release Security Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in their Products
Apr 21, 2023Ravie LakshmananSoftware Update / Network Security Cisco and VMware have released security updates to address critical security flaws in their products that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The most severe of the vulnerabilities is a command injection flaw in Cisco Industrial Network Director (CVE-2023-20036, … [Read more...] about Cisco and VMware Release Security Updates to Patch Critical Flaws in their Products
U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage
Apr 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Espionage U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have warned of Russian nation-state actors exploiting now-patched flaws in networking equipment from Cisco to conduct reconnaissance and deploy malware against targets. The intrusions, per the authorities, took place in 2021 and targeted a small number of … [Read more...] about U.S. and U.K. Warn of Russian Hackers Exploiting Cisco Router Flaws for Espionage
SE Labs 2023 Annual Security Report Names Cisco as Best Next Generation Firewall
Cisco is honored to be this year’s winner of the Best Next Generation Firewall Award in the SE Labs 2023 Annual Report. This industry recognition validates Cisco’s continuous push towards harmonizing network, workload, and application security across hybrid and multicloud environments. I’m incredibly proud of the Cisco Secure Firewall team and am thankful for our amazing … [Read more...] about SE Labs 2023 Annual Security Report Names Cisco as Best Next Generation Firewall
Cisco Secure at Cisco Live EMEA 2023
Cisco Live is the premier destination for Cisco customers and partners to gain knowledge and build community. Our teams work hard to deliver education and inspiration, ignite creativity, deliver practical know-how, and accelerate the connections that fuel your digital future. The Cisco Secure team is excited to share our expertise to help power the strategies – and safety – … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure at Cisco Live EMEA 2023
Cisco secures IoT, keeping security closer to networking
The use of unmanaged and IoT devices in enterprises is growing exponentially, and will account for 55.7 billion connected devices by the end of 2025. A critical concern is deploying IoT devices without requisite security controls. While these numbers are numbing, their reality is undeniable. 90% of customers believe digitization has accelerated the importance placed … [Read more...] about Cisco secures IoT, keeping security closer to networking
Building a secure and scalable multi-cloud environment with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
In today’s security climate, NetOps and SecOps teams are witnessing increased attack surface area as applications and workloads move far beyond the boundaries of their data center. These applications/workloads move to, and reside in multi-cloud architecture, adding complexity to connectivity, visibility, and control. In the multi-cloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed … [Read more...] about Building a secure and scalable multi-cloud environment with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
A Holiday Gift of Savings with Cisco Secure Choice EAs
Give the gift of security resilience and receive instant savings from a secure choice enterprise agreement. When it comes to the holidays, most thoughts turn towards shopping and spending time with friends and loved ones. In the business world, the holiday season often lands at the end of the quarter / fiscal year, and businesses start to make lists of things that need to be … [Read more...] about A Holiday Gift of Savings with Cisco Secure Choice EAs