Do Not Trust the ASA, Trojans!

Cisco ASA and ASA-X are widely deployed firewalls that are relied upon to protect internal networks from the dangers of the outside world. This key piece of network infrastructure is an obvious point of attack, and a known target for exploitation and implantation by APT such as the Equation Group. Yet it's been a number of years since a new vulnerability has been published that can provide privileged access to the ASA or the protected internal network. But all good …

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