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Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms

BleepingComputer Aug 31, 2026 · 2:52 PM 👁 0 views ❤ 0 likes

The researchers discovered Fire Ant's new tactic after finding an active GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel interface on a Cisco IOS XR router that could not be explained by a running configuration or commit history. [...]

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Chinese Fire Ant hackers turn Cisco routers into spying platforms

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