Cisco patched a handful of issues across its software line this week, including two critical vulnerabilities that could lead to the complete compromise of any devices running the software, and a hardcoded password that exists in some access points made by the company. According to security advisories pushed out on Wednesday, the most serious bugs exist...

An attacker in a man-in-the-middle position could abuse a STARTTLS downgrade vulnerability in the Cisco Jabber client-server negotiation in order to intercept communication. Cisco warned its customers yesterday, but has yet to patch the vulnerability, which affects the Cisco Jabber clients for Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android. Researchers Renaud Dubourguais and Sébastien Dudek of Synacktiv...

Cisco is warning users this week that several of its products — routers, gateways, and data center platforms — suffer from vulnerabilities. The company published five advisories across Monday and Tuesday warning of the issues — all which are being marked “medium” severity. While they all sound pressing, the most concerning vulnerability, at least as...