Looks like there will be new Cisco routers available soon. It was only a matter of time given the release of the 888, 860, 861 etc, especially given that an ADSL router wasn’t released at the same time.

Release notes here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4x/12_4_15xz/rn_SR520xz.html

Here is an interesting one.

Basically, the ASPROX SQL Injection attack appears to be quite commonplace at the moment, but also quite serious.
To cut it short, there is a 20,000 strong botnet out there trying these attacks against websites which use .asp.
The tool actually uses google to search for these sites and then attempts to exploit them by inserting an HTML iFrame which downloads a malicious Java Script which then installs a Trojan.

Carry on reading to find out how to block this on a Cisco router!
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I have always found looking for a new router IOS quite a long process to ensure you pick not only a reliable IOS but one that has the correct functionality.

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This news is a couple of weeks old, but is definitely worth having a look at anyway.

Basically, a guy called Sebastian Muniz of Core Security released a proof of concept root-kit for IOS routers.

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Here at CiscoNews, we are always interested to hear what people use to make their lives a little easier when administering Cisco kit.

Ill get the ball rolling with some of the tools we use and I would be interested to hear what you use too!

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This is an interesting little tool.
For a long time now people have asked us what to use to manage IDS/IPS systems and how to report based on that information.
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InfoSec, for the unitiated, is the biggest and best Information Security conference in Europe.

Obviously we had a representative or two down there to check out the booth babes..I mean Security products..

 There was some really great stuff too, although Cisco weren’t present!

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Cisco ASDM is used to manage the ASA and Pix families of firewalls. Version 6.1.1 got a release a little while ago and brought a few welcome tweaks. Mainly, the look and feel has been improved. The graphs, tables and Pie charts now look a little more like something you might show a non-technical person/Manager.

The interface graphing has also had the same improvements.

Get it at www.cisco.com with a valid service account

Cisco have released the new 800 series routers. Both the 86x series and the 88x series routers are now listed on Cisco.com. Our UK supplier has informed us that these are not yet available to order however!

All info is available HERE
They actually look a lot more like the 1800 series. Looks like the wireless versions are “Wireless N” certified too!