Hackers race to expose Cisco Internet flaw

Computer hackers worked through the weekend to expose a flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of the Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO – news) routers that direct traffic across much of the Internet.

Angered and inspired by Cisco’s attempts to suppress news of the flaw earlier in the week, several computer security experts at the Defcon computer-security conference worked past midnight Saturday to discover and map out the vulnerability.

This is quite a big problem that should be fixed quick. There are patches available for the routers, so now it’s a matter of just patching them. Check out the news post at Yahoo.