Archiv für das Jahr: 2016

By John Dominguez The threat landscape is ever-changing. Attackers continue to innovate and refine their tactics, and malware is more sophisticated than ever. New threats are surfacing every day, like the Angler exploit kit and the SSHPsychos DDoS attack. According to the 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report , ransomware is exploding, Adobe Flash vulnerabilities continue to be popular with cybercriminals, and malicious browser extensions continue to be a main source of data leakage for businesses. But of all the threats out there today, malware still reigns supreme. In […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By Anthony Grieco With cyber threats escalating, security has emerged as a critical business driver and competitive differentiator. Organizations that successfully embed security throughout their network infrastructure, policies, processes, and culture are able to reduce risk while creating sustainable business advantage. At CiscoLive Berlin this year, we will examine how Cisco is building foundational security into the underlying architecture of our solutions as well as throughout our business operations to enhance the security of our products, our customers, and our company. Technical seminar TECSEC-4000 at […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

By John Klimarchuk On January 20, 2016, a new Linux Kernel zero-day vulnerability was disclosed by Perception Point . The vulnerability has the potential to allow attackers to gain root on affected devices by running a malicious Android or Linux application. Our investigation is ongoing; however, at this time we have not identified any Cisco products as exploitable. Should this change, we will publish a Security Advisory on the Cisco Security Portal. Additional Background: The Linux Kernel Zero-Day vulnerability has been present in Linux kernel […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice