The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have confirmed that threat actors are using FIRESTARTER malware to maintain persistence on Cisco network devices, allowing the threat actors to maintain access even after patching and reboots. 

FIRESTARTER malware targets Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices running Adaptive Security

Cisco is warning customers using its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software about a VPN bug that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code” and “allow an attacker to take full control of the system.”

Because the bug, known as DVE-2018-0101 is easy to