Cisco has published the actions needed to secure the Smart Install feature in, Action Required to Secure the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Smart Install Feature. Preventing malicious activity Organisations are advised to identify Cisco devices running Smart Install within their networks, evaluate the need of running this feature, and remove or secure the feature as required. Both the ACSC and Cisco documentation contain details on how to accomplish this. Related information Australian Government Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security media release: Australian Government attribution of cyber incident to Russia UK NCSC Advisory: Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting network infrastructure devices UK NCSC: Joint US-UK statement on malicious cyber activity carried out by Russian government US CERT: Joint US-UK Technical Alert TA18-106A Contact If you find any evidence of this activity, report the incident to the ACSC via email or call the 24/7 Hotline for urgent assistance on 1300 CYBER1 (1300 292 371) Related alert Routers targeted: Cisco Smart Install feature continues to be targeted by Russian state-sponsored actors
