{"id":59217,"date":"2025-08-20T18:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fbi-russian-spies-exploiting-a-7-year-old-cisco-bug-to-slurp-configs-from-critical-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:20:14","slug":"fbi-russian-spies-exploiting-a-7-year-old-cisco-bug-to-slurp-configs-from-critical-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/fbi-russian-spies-exploiting-a-7-year-old-cisco-bug-to-slurp-configs-from-critical-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices to snoop around in American critical infrastructure networks and collect information on industrial systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the past year, the FBI detected the actors collecting configuration files for thousands of networking devices associated with US entities across critical infrastructure sectors,&#8221; the federal cops <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ic3.gov\/PSA\/2025\/PSA250820\">said<\/a>. &#8220;On some vulnerable devices, the actors modified configuration files to enable unauthorized access to those devices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both the FBI and Cisco Talos, in separate security alerts, attributed the network intrusions to the Russian Federal Security Service&#8217;s (FSB) Center 16, aka Static Tundra, Berserk Bear, and Dragonfly.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>This particular cyberspy crew has been active for over a decade, targeting outdated networking gear that accepts legacy, unencrypted protocols like Cisco Smart Install (SMI) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). They&#8217;ve also deployed custom malware for some Cisco devices, such as 2015&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2015\/09\/15\/compromised_cisco_routers\/\">SYNful Knock<\/a> router implant.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The latest round of intrusions exploits SNMP in end-of-life gear that some users never got around to patching. There&#8217;s a super-old critical bug in the Cisco Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE software, tracked as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2018\/03\/29\/cisco_critical_ios_bugs\/\">CVE-2018-0171<\/a>, which the networking giant fixed in March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement emailed to <em>The Register<\/em>, a Cisco spokesperson said the company is aware of ongoing exploitation targeting this flaw.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aKY1sPfNMn5SsCXiPZ85cwAAAAI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly urge customers to immediately upgrade to fixed software versions as outlined in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/support\/docs\/csa\/cisco-sa-20180328-smi2.html\">security advisory<\/a> and follow our published security best practices,&#8221; the spokesperson said, directing customers to the FBI&#8217;s announcement and Cisco Talos blog for additional details.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing campaign targets telecommunications, higher education, and manufacturing organizations across North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, &#8220;with victims selected based on their strategic interest to the Russian government,&#8221; according to Talos researchers Sara McBroom and Brandon White.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We assess that the purpose of this campaign is to compromise and extract device configuration information en masse, which can later be leveraged as needed based on then-current strategic goals and interests of the Russian government,&#8221; McBroom and White <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.talosintelligence.com\/static-tundra\/\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And while both security alerts focus on the FSB&#8217;s latest round of network intrusions, &#8220;many other state-sponsored actors also covet the access these devices afford,&#8221; the Talos team warned. &#8220;Organizations should be aware that other advanced persistent threats (APTs) are likely prioritizing carrying out similar operations as well.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/08\/20\/russian_fsb_cyberspies_exploiting_cisco_bug\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snarfing up config files for &#8216;thousands&#8217; of devices\u2026just for giggles, we&#8217;re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices to snoop around in American critical infrastructure networks and collect information on industrial systems.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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