By Talos Group The post was authored by Ben Baker and Earl Carter . Payment cards without an EMV chip have reached their end-of-life. Point of Sale (PoS) malware, such as PoSeidon , has continued to threaten businesses. The news is continually filled with stories of payment card data being stolen through a breach in […]
By Talos Group The post was authored by Ben Baker and Earl Carter . Payment cards without an EMV chip have reached their end-of-life. Point of Sale (PoS) malware, such as PoSeidon , has continued to threaten businesses. The news is continually filled with stories of payment card data being stolen through a breach in […]
By Mike Storm This is Part 2 of our blog series about NG-Firewalls. See Part 1 here . Part 2: Enter Threat-Focused NG-Firewall What does a Threat-focused NG-Firewall do differently? Just about everything. Let’s compare the most popular NGFW systems on the market (typical NGFW) with the Cisco Firepower NG-Firewall system, (a Threat-Focused NG-Firewall). If […]
By Mike Storm This is Part 2 of our blog series about NG-Firewalls. See Part 1 here . Part 2: Enter Threat-Focused NG-Firewall What does a Threat-focused NG-Firewall do differently? Just about everything. Let’s compare the most popular NGFW systems on the market (typical NGFW) with the Cisco Firepower NG-Firewall system, (a Threat-Focused NG-Firewall). If […]
By Mike Storm Part 1: Rude Awakening Let us begin with some context in the form of a story. I live in a very bad part of town and I am always worried that my car is going to get stolen or broken into. So, I just invested over a thousand bucks in this awesome […]
By Mike Storm Part 1: Rude Awakening Let us begin with some context in the form of a story. I live in a very bad part of town and I am always worried that my car is going to get stolen or broken into. So, I just invested over a thousand bucks in this awesome […]
By Michal Svoboda This post is authored by Gayan de Silva and Martin Pospisil. Overview Recently, about 50 users across 20 companies were alarmed by the Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics (CTA) about a malware that exfiltrates gigabytes of data from their computers. An example of such CTA detection: In addition to the usual malware command […]
By Michal Svoboda This post is authored by Gayan de Silva and Martin Pospisil. Overview Recently, about 50 users across 20 companies were alarmed by the Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics (CTA) about a malware that exfiltrates gigabytes of data from their computers. An example of such CTA detection: In addition to the usual malware command […]
By Omar Santos In October, we announced details about Cisco PSIRT’s new and improved security vulnerability disclosure format. Our Chief Security and Trust Officer, John Stewart, also revealed that Cisco will launch an application programming interface (API) that empowers customers to customize Cisco vulnerability information and publications. Today, we have officially launched the Cisco PSIRT […]
By Omar Santos In October, we announced details about Cisco PSIRT’s new and improved security vulnerability disclosure format. Our Chief Security and Trust Officer, John Stewart, also revealed that Cisco will launch an application programming interface (API) that empowers customers to customize Cisco vulnerability information and publications. Today, we have officially launched the Cisco PSIRT […]
