Controversy surrounded the Black Hat IT security event in Las Vegas last week after a researcher gave details of how to hack Cisco router software, causing the firm to issue a gagging order to stop further disclosure.
Ex-Internet Security Systems (ISS) researcher Michael Lynn’s presentation outlined how a known security flaw in Cisco’s Internetwork Operating System (IOS) could be exploited to run attack code. ...
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