"'Disappearing' Implants, Followed by First Fixes for Exploited Cisco IOS XE Zero-Day"
Cisco has released the first fixes for the IOS XE zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20198, which attackers exploited to deliver a malicious implant. The fixes were recently made available, but several cybersecurity companies and organizations observed a significant decrease in the number of Internet-facing Cisco devices infected with the implant. Several theories have been proposed regarding the cause of this change, but the real reason remains unclear. This article continues to discuss the disappearance of malicious implants, followed by the first fixes for the IOS XE zero-day.
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