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Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Hackers backed by a powerful nation-state have been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls in a five-month-long campaign that breaks into government networks around the world, researchers reported Wednesday. The attacks against Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances firewalls are the latest in a rash …

Researchers tell owners to “assume compromise” of unpatched Zyxel firewalls

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Firewalls made by Zyxel are being wrangled into a destructive botnet, which is taking control of them by exploiting a recently patched vulnerability with a severity rating of 9.8 out of a possible 10. “At this stage if you have a vulnerable device exposed …

Cybercriminals Ramp Up Exploits Against Serious Zyxel Flaw

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More than 100,000 Zyxel networking products could be vulnerable to a hardcoded credential vulnerability (CVE-2020-29583) potentially allowing cybercriminal device takeover. [...]