Fire Ant Uses Cisco IOS XR Routers to Capture Traffic and Hide Attack Activity
480/69 Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Security researchers have disclosed attacks by the Fire Ant group targeting infrastructure used by organizations to connect and manage networks, including Cisco IOS XR routers, TACACS authentication servers, and Linux management hosts. The attackers used these systems to maintain access, capture network traffic and credentials, and pivot to other connected […]
