What your MDR does when threats like Nyetya hit

By Martin Nystrom When your Security Operations team is finishing the day, and you get the following urgent alert, what do you do? Does your SOC have the staff to cover basic threat detection needs, and pivot on a moment’s notice to hunt for the latest threat? Do you leverage the power of analytics to increase efficiencies and […]

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – July 2017

By Talos Group Today, Microsoft has release their monthly set of security updates designed to address vulnerabilities. This month’s release addresses 54 vulnerabilities with 19 of them rated critical, 32 rated important, and 3 rated moderate. Impacted products include Edge, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer, Office, JET database, and Windows. Read More

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – July 2017

By Talos Group Today, Microsoft has release their monthly set of security updates designed to address vulnerabilities. This month’s release addresses 54 vulnerabilities with 19 of them rated critical, 32 rated important, and 3 rated moderate. Impacted products include Edge, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer, Office, JET database, and Windows. Read More

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight: Iceni Infix PDF Editor Memory Corruption

By Talos Group Today, Talos is disclosing a vulnerability that has been identified in Iceni Infix PDF Editor that could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected hosts. This vulnerability manifests in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted PDF file that triggers this flaw. Talos has coordinated with Iceni to ensure […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight: Iceni Infix PDF Editor Memory Corruption

By Talos Group Today, Talos is disclosing a vulnerability that has been identified in Iceni Infix PDF Editor that could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected hosts. This vulnerability manifests in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted PDF file that triggers this flaw. Talos has coordinated with Iceni to ensure […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

#CiscoChat Podcast: Exploring Encrypted Traffic Analytics

By Brian Remmel Welcome to the third installment of the new #CiscoChat podcast. This episode, recorded live from the Cisco Live Las Vegas floor, focuses on security — and more specifically, on encryption. Aside from detailing recent developments in this rapidly developing field, it also offers a glimpse into Cisco’s latest security solution – Encrypted Traffic Analytics. In this […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

#CiscoChat Podcast: Exploring Encrypted Traffic Analytics

By Brian Remmel Welcome to the third installment of the new #CiscoChat podcast. This episode, recorded live from the Cisco Live Las Vegas floor, focuses on security — and more specifically, on encryption. Aside from detailing recent developments in this rapidly developing field, it also offers a glimpse into Cisco’s latest security solution – Encrypted Traffic Analytics. In this […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Customers Seek Threat Protection Across WAN, Access and Data Center

By Pooja J Kapoor Many of you are familiar with the WannaCry ransomware attack that struck businesses in over 150 countries worldwide in May 2017. Targets of the attack included huge corporations and organizations in the UK and U.S. in sectors as diverse as healthcare, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing and even government. Now, with WannaCry barely in the rearview mirror, more […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Customers Seek Threat Protection Across WAN, Access and Data Center

By Pooja J Kapoor Many of you are familiar with the WannaCry ransomware attack that struck businesses in over 150 countries worldwide in May 2017. Targets of the attack included huge corporations and organizations in the UK and U.S. in sectors as diverse as healthcare, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing and even government. Now, with WannaCry barely in the rearview mirror, more […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Attack on Critical Infrastructure Leverages Template Injection

By Talos Group Contributors: Sean Baird, Earl Carter, Erick Galinkin, Christopher Marczewski & Joe Marshall Executive Summary Attackers are continually trying to find new ways to target users with malware sent via email. Talos has identified an email-based attack targeting the energy sector, including nuclear power, that puts a new spin on the classic word document attachment phish. […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice