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Cisco iOS ROMMON hacks – Daily Security Byte EP.126

August 14, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Cisco is warning its customers that attackers have been overwriting the iOS ROMMON firmware of some of their customers routers, replacing it with a malicious firmware trojan. Watch today’s video to learn more about this attack, and what Cisco says you can do.

(Episode Runtime: 2:09)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hPCvBygiE

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Cisco’s advisory on the mysterious iOS ROMMON attack – Cisco
  • Article covering this Cisco router attack – Ars Technica

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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