Archiv für das Jahr: 2016

By John Damon Working with limited resources and being asked to “do more with less” is often par for the course for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Smaller companies are also credited with being more nimble than their enterprise counterparts, adopting next-generation tools more quickly and experimenting with new business models. However, a new survey of CSOs and SecOps Managers reveals that more SMBs are putting themselves at increased risk for cyber attacks by forgoing critical security capabilities and processes. Attackers are Developing […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By Talos Group Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products. This month’s release contains twelve bulletins addressing 37 vulnerabilities. Five bulletins are rated critical and address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows Journal, Office and Windows PDF. The remaining seven bulletins are rated important and address vulnerabilities in the Network Policy Server (NPS), Active Directory, Windows, Remote Desktop Protocol, WebDAV, Kernel Mode Driver and the .NET Framework. Bulletins Rated Critical Microsoft bulletins […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By Anthony Grieco Cisco is proud to join the National Cybersecurity Alliance in its support of White House efforts to improve online security.

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By Talos Group This post is authored by Nick Biasini . In October 2015, Talos released our detailed investigation of the Angler Exploit Kit which outlined the infrastructure and monetary impact of an exploit kit campaign delivering ransomware. During the investigation we found that two thirds of Angler’s payloads were some variation of ransomware and noted one of the other major payloads was Bedep. Bedep is a malware downloader that is exclusive to Angler. This post will discuss the Bedep side of Angler and draw […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By Christian Janoff Safe. The very sound of it resonates with security. It is with some irony that Cisco has decided to reuse the term. Why ironic? For one, there is the idea among security folk that in reality, nothing is entirely safe. Why would Cisco sell intrusion detection if no intruders can, well…intrude? For those of you who remember SAFE from the early days of Cisco, it might seem like a familiar friend that has grown up a bit. Cisco historians ask, […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice