SYNful Knock: Protect Your Credentials, Protect Your Network

By Omar Santos Interest in IT security has never been higher. So when a new type of attack comes along, it attracts the attention of our customers and others in the industry. Earlier this week Cisco and Mandiant/Fireye released information about the so-called SYNful Knock malware found on Cisco networking devices. You can read my earlier blog on this subject here: SYNful Knock: Detecting and Mitigating Cisco IOS Software Attacks . This attack isn’t caused by a problem or vulnerability with a Cisco product. It results from an attacker stealing administrative credentials […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice