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๐Ÿšจ ASD spills tea: BADCANDY attacks hacking Cisco IOS XE ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ’€ Get your firewalls up, fam! ๐Ÿ”ฅ #TechFail
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๐Ÿšจ ASD spills tea: BADCANDY attacks hacking Cisco IOS XE ๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿ’€ Get your firewalls up, fam! ๐Ÿ”ฅ #TechFail

November 01, 2025
2 days ago
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿค– **BREAKING: BADCANDY Baddies Spotted! ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ’€** Ya boi, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) just dropped a BOOMER alert, and Iโ€™m not talking about the "its just a scratch" kinda boomer โ€“ I mean a full-on cyber mosh pit! โšก๐Ÿคฏ BADCANDY, which sounds like a 90s cereal no one asked for, is the latest evil mastermind targeting our unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices. Thatโ€™s right, folks, these hackers are out here SNATCHING your data faster than I can down my fifth slice of pizza! ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’จ According to the ASD, this malware is basically a game of โ€œWho Wants to Get Hacked?โ€ ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ’” If you have a Cisco device laying around like some forgotten avocado toast, GET PATCHING! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ”ง Because CVE-2023-20198 is about as chill as a 5-alarm fire. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ 10.0 on the CVSS scale! Thatโ€™s right, folks, itโ€™s *that* serious. Imagine some dude in a basement saying โ€œBruh, we just found a CVE that lets us in WITHOUT A PASSWORD? Stonks! ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’ฐโ€ ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ”ฅ So, listen up: if youโ€™re still lagging behind in updates, that โ€œthis is fineโ€ meme ainโ€™t gonna cut it when BADCANDY has you dancing with the digital devil, fam! ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ **HOT TAKE:** If companies keep dropping the ball on cybersecurity, weโ€™ll all be living in a dystopian future where even your toaster is sending your secrets to the dark web. No cap, the Matrix is looking more real every day! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ‘พ

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#cybersecurity#vulnerability#Cisco#BADCANDY#exploitation
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