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Cisco releases IOS update bundle
News Networking company Cisco has released a bundle of eight security advisories to highlight flaws in its IOS software. One of the advisories relates to multiple features of IOS being vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack, as an attacker sending a...
[March 26, 2009, 12:36]
Save by proxy with Cisco IOS
News How the IOS proxy server works In a previous article, we explained how to use the Cisco IOS to build a poor man's firewall. You can also run site-to-site VPNs with the Cisco IOS. Now, you can even use the Cisco IOS to run an HTTP proxy server.
[May 8, 2002, 11:51]
US Report: Software bug hits Cisco
News The bug -- which affects the company's networking software -- allows unauthenticated users to penetrate logins for routers and other Cisco IOS (Internetworking Operating System) devices. However, Cisco says the danger is limited: The only...
[October 16, 1998, 7:11]
Cisco routers open to DoS attacks
News Cisco said routers running the IOS Telephony Service, Cisco CallManager Express and Survivable Remote Site Telephony features could be vulnerable. These features are embedded in the company's Internetwork Operating Software, or IOS, which is used...
[January 24, 2005, 10:55]
Intel shutting down Web hosting division
News The chipmaker will phase out operations of Intel Online Services (IOS) over the next 12 months. Unfurled in 1999, IOS hosted e-commerce sites and performed other services for companies that did not want to maintain their own computing centres.
[June 19, 2002, 11:30]
What can we learn from the Cisco fiasco?
News In late July, Cisco and ISS made headlines when the companies took unprecedented steps to stop a former ISS employee from disclosing Internet security vulnerabilities in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) at the 2005 Black Hat security...
[September 9, 2005, 12:30]
Symantec 'expecting Net attack'
News A vulnerability in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) could be exploited to crash or remotely run malicious code on devices that run IOS, the networking giant warned on Wednesday in a security advisory.
[September 8, 2005, 9:10]
Cisco releases patches for router vulnerabilities
News The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party cryptographic library in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliances, Cisco Firewall Module and Cisco Unified CallManager products, according to a security advisory issued by Cisco.
[May 25, 2007, 9:43]
Cisco readies radical overhaul of router OS
News Cisco's Internetwork operating system (IOS) software has been the foundation of all of the networking giant's products since its inception. The IOS upgrade will be demonstrated on a new core router that will be unveiled in June at the Supercomm...
[April 21, 2004, 12:50]
Router bug could let hackers control Internet traffic
News The bug, revealed on Thursday, allows a malicious user to gain control of any Cisco router running IOS software, which controls most of Cisco's products. The bug affects "virtually all" mainstream Cisco routers and switches running IOS.
[June 29, 2001, 15:26]
Black Hat Cisco router flaw finally revealed
News The networking giant on Wednesday released an update to fix a serious heap-overflow vulnerability in its Internetwork Operating System (IOS). The newly disclosed flaw in IOS was part of a controversial presentation at the Black Hat security confab...
[November 3, 2005, 8:35]
Cisco menaced by Italian 'BlackAngels'
News The software code, written by a group of teenagers in Italy calling themselves the "BlackAngels," exploits nine vulnerabilities found in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS). Bugs in Cisco's IOS software are common, and the company often...
[March 30, 2004, 8:45]
Cisco warns businesses about security flaw
News Users are being told to upgrade to a fixed version of IOS. A statement from Cisco said: "Cisco is aware of multiple vulnerabilities that may impact Cisco IOS and IOS XR devices, and has published three separate security advisories about them.
[January 25, 2007, 14:59]
Networks '97: Cisco buys voice, firewall firms
News James Richardson, European president and senior VP for Cisco, said the technology will complement Cisco's IOS software, enabling networks capable of handling voice, video and data. It dovetails beautifully with IOS; you can have the same operating...
[June 25, 1997, 9:41]
Cisco Wi-Fi access point flaw lets snoopers in
News The bug affects Aironet 1100, 1200, and 1400 series access points running Cisco IOS software releases 12.2(8)JA, 12.2(11)JA, and 12.2(11)JA1. Cisco said users should upgrade to IOS version 12.2(13)JA1 or later, or switch off the SNMP command in...
[December 4, 2003, 11:25]
Cisco warns of network flaw
News Through internal testing, Cisco has discovered that devices running Cisco IOS software may be susceptible to a denial-of-service attack," said Jim Brady, a company spokesman. To address this, Cisco has created an IOS software fix and workaround to...
[July 17, 2003, 10:31]
Cisco adds security certification with CSS1
News Although the 640-442 exam covers PIX firewall basics, the PIX Firewall Advanced exam covers exactly what it says: configuring advanced features of the PIX firewalls and the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set, which can be loaded on routers.
[September 20, 2002, 10:52]
Open source tools to help manage your Cisco network
News The scripts and utilities all include documentation, and the community has developed all of these tools to work with Cisco IOS routers, switches, firewalls, or CiscoWorks management software. Before we delve deeper into COSI's offerings, I have one...
[May 3, 2005, 12:00]
Cisco slammed despite upgrades
News A new element in the updated IOS is improved protection against denial-of-service attacks, which flood networks with millions of packets causing routers and servers to freeze under the pressure. The company also announced new management...
[March 10, 2004, 9:30]
Hands-on revamp for Cisco's CCNA
News Topics that you can expect to see on exam 640-607 include bridging and switching, the OSI and DOD reference models, LAN protocols such as TCP/IP, routing protocols such as RIP and IGRP, WAN technology such as Frame Relay and ISDN, network...
[May 16, 2002, 8:59]
