back to article Attackers targeting unpatched Cisco kit notice malware implant removal, install it again

Australia’s Signals Directorate (ASD) last Friday warned that attackers are installing an implant named “BADCANDY” on unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices and can detect deletion of their wares and reinstall their malware. The ASD’s advisory says unknown actors go looking for Cisco devices susceptible to CVE-2023-20198, a 2018 bug …

  1. Yorick Hunt Silver badge
    Pirate

    Are you dead?

    Once upon a time when I had more time on my hands and mischief in my heart, I'd reply to the Nigerian e-mails asking "are you alive?" with "sorry, I died three weeks ago; I won't be able to help you."

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