BADCANDY Implant
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Australian Signals Directorate Warns of Ongoing BADCANDY Cyberattacks on Cisco IOS XE Devices
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has issued a bulletin regarding ongoing cyberattacks targeting unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices in Australia, utilizing a previously undocumented implant identified as BADCANDY. These attacks exploit CVE-2023-20198, a critical vulnerability that allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain elevated privileges.