Cisco Routers Compromise: Rogue Firmware Enables Data Harvesting

Security researchers from Mandiant, which is the computer forensic arm of U.S. security research firm FireEye have detected a real-world attack that has installed rogue firmware on business routers in four countries. It possibly allows cybercriminals to harvest huge amounts of data without being detected by existing cybersecurity defenses.

The attacks replace the operating system used in network equipment from Cisco, the world