Latest Switch news

Cisco warns of NX-OS zero-day exploited to deploy custom malware

Cisco has patched an NX-OS zero-day exploited in April attacks to install previously unknown malware as root on vulnerable switches.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 01, 2024
- 01:46 PM
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Juniper warns of critical RCE bug in its firewalls and switches

Juniper Networks has released security updates to fix a critical pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 12, 2024
- 12:36 PM
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Over 40,000 Cisco IOS XE devices infected with backdoor using zero-day

More than 40,000 Cisco devices running the IOS XE operating system have been compromised after hackers exploited a recently disclosed maximum severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20198.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 19, 2023
- 09:08 PM
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Cisco warns of bug that lets attackers break traffic encryption

Cisco warned customers today of a high-severity vulnerability impacting some data center switch models and allowing attackers to tamper with encrypted traffic.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 06, 2023
- 06:35 AM
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Cisco warns of critical switch bugs with public exploit code

Cisco warned customers today of four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities with public exploit code affecting multiple Small Business Series Switches.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 17, 2023
- 02:50 PM
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Ethernet VLAN Stacking flaws let hackers launch DoS, MiTM attacks

Four vulnerabilities in the widely adopted 'Stacked VLAN' Ethernet feature allows attackers to perform denial-of-service (DoS) or man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks against network targets using custom-crafted packets.
- Bill Toulas
- September 28, 2022
- 11:05 AM
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Aruba and Avaya network switches are vulnerable to RCE attacks

Security researchers have discovered five vulnerabilities in network equipment from Aruba (owned by HP) and Avaya (owned by ExtremeNetworks), that could allow malicious actors to execute code remotely on the devices.
- Bill Toulas
- May 03, 2022
- 06:07 AM
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Cisco fixes hard-coded credentials and default SSH key issues

Cisco has released security updates to address critical security flaws allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in using hard-coded credentials or default SSH keys to take over unpatched devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 04, 2021
- 01:24 PM
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Netgear fixes severe security bugs in over a dozen smart switches

Netgear has released firmware updates for more than a dozen of its smart switches used on corporate networks to address high-severity vulnerabilities.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 06, 2021
- 09:07 AM
- 0
Cisco Patches Critical CDP Flaws Affecting Millions of Devices

Five critical vulnerabilities found in various implementations of the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) could allow attackers on the local network to take over tens of millions of enterprise devices as discovered by IoT security company Armis.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 05, 2020
- 02:36 PM
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Researcher Discloses "Unpatchable" Nintendo Switch Exploit

A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit affecting the Nvidia Tegra chips that come with Nintendo Switch devices.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 24, 2018
- 04:43 AM
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Cyber-Attacks on US Critical Infrastructure Linked to Cisco Switch Flaw

Cisco Talos, the cyber-security division of US IT conglomerate Cisco, said today that hackers are abusing misconfigured Cisco switches to gain a point of entry into organizations across the world.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 05, 2018
- 03:17 PM
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Lenovo Discovers and Removes Backdoor in Networking Switches

Lenovo engineers have discovered a backdoor in the firmware of RackSwitch and BladeCenter networking switches. The company released firmware updates earlier this week.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 13, 2018
- 03:00 AM
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