Cyberattackers Alter Implant on 30K Compromised Cisco IOS XE Devices

A seemingly sharp drop in the number of compromised Cisco IOS XE devices visible on the Internet led to a flurry of speculation over the weekend — but it turns out the malicious implants were just hiding.

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