Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms
The researchers discovered Fire Ant's new tactic after finding an active GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel interface on a Cisco IOS XR router that could not be explained by a running configuration or commit history. [...]
What happened
The researchers discovered Fire Ant's new tactic after finding an active GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel interface on a Cisco IOS XR router that could not be explained by a running configuration or commit history. [...]
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- BleepingComputerPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms ↗
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