Cisco IOS XE Zero-Day: Network Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Underscore Lack of Threat Detection

40,000 devices compromised and counting: That’s what we’re facing with the zero-day vulnerability in Cisco’s IOS XE software used in its routers, switches, and access points, both physical and virtual.

This is still a developing story, but here are the important points:

What to know

• The current activity is likely coming from a single threat actor, with the first observed threat activity on September 28. 


• Cisco announced a zero-day vulnerability on October 16 (CVE-2023-20198) with no patch available as of …

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