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'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls To Access Government Networks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Network security appliances like firewalls are meant to keep hackers out. Instead, digital intruders are increasingly targeting them as the weak link that lets them pillage the very systems those devices are meant to protect. In the case of one hacking...
In the case of one hacking campaign over recent months, Cisco is now revealing that its firewalls served as beachheads for sophisticated hackers penetrating multiple government networks around the world. Cisco declined to say which country it believed to be responsible for the intrusions, but sources familiar with the investigation tell WIRED the campaign appears to be aligned with China's state interests. A separate advisory(PDF) from the UK's National Cybersecurity Center notes that physically unplugging an ASA device does disrupt the hackers' access.
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