How they hack the firmware of Cisco routers and replace them with malicious firmware

How they hack the firmware of Cisco routers and replace them with malicious firmware>
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Download malicious firmware: The first step would be to download malicious firmware onto a USB drive.
2.
Connect to router: The hacker would then connect to the router through a serial cable or telnet/ssh connection.
3.
Disable security features: Next, the hacker would disable any security features on the router such as firewalls or access control lists.
4.
Upload malicious firmware: The malicious firmware would then be uploaded to the router using TFTP or FTP.
5.
Activate malicious firmware: Finally, the malicious firmware would be activated and the router would be rebooted.
At this point, the router would be running the malicious firmware and any traffic sent through it would be vulnerable.
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