Cisco is playing down a security issue with its Smart Install switch management software that could allow unauthenticated access to customer configuration details. Cisco defines Smart Install as a ...

For the past few weeks attackers have been probing networks for switches that can potentially be hijacked using the Cisco Smart Install (SMI) protocol. Researchers from Cisco’s Talos team have now ...

A Cisco Options Package (COP) file is a compressed file that contains all the dial plans and device information for a Cisco communications system. For the 1.8.0 release and beyond, the COP file is the ...

If you're running a small business with more than one computer, routers are usually a necessity. Routers provide small businesses with added security, a link between computer systems and extra ...

Security experts estimate 12 million users have been enticed to download software from the French firm Tuto4PC whose programs and silently install backdoors on PCs. Security experts are warning PC ...

Researchers have uncovered active and highly clandestine attacks that have infected more than a dozen Cisco routers with a backdoor that can be used to gain a permanent foothold inside a targeted ...

Cisco Systems (CSCO -2%) is heading lower after reporting generally in-line Q2 (Jan) results last night. More importantly, in our view, Cisco guided below analyst expectations for both Q3 (Apr) and ...