BadCandy Implant Hits Cisco Devices Across Australia

The Australian cyber defense agency warned that hackers are attacking unpatched Cisco IOS XE enterprise devices to leave behind a web shell the networking manufacturer calls "BadCandy." At least 150 Cisco devices in Australia carry the implant as of late October.

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A nation-state threat actor carried out a supply chain ...