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Network WorldA security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco's routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies, developed the software, which he will unveil on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London.
Now the question is, how is Cisco going to react? Are they going to go after Mr. Muniz and sue him for breaking the EULA like they did a few years ago with
Mike Lynn when he hacked one of their boxes at Black Hat? Or do they give him a big ol' thank you for helping them out by not disclosing his source code?
Really, from the public's standpoint, given the negative press that Cisco's getting (undeservedly) for the counterfeit hardware out there, how should they play this?
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