By Talos Group This blog was authored by Ben Baker, Edmund Brumaghin, and Jonah Samost. Executive Summary GozNym is the combination of features from two previously identified families of malware, Gozi and Nymaim. Gozi was a widely distributed banking trojan with a known Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) and also contained the ability to install a Master Boot Record […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Talos Group The Industrial Control System (ICS) security team at Talos frequently see requests from peers and from students on how to build an ICS test lab. After all, the best way to learn is to get some equipment and learn with good old-fashioned hands-on tinkering. Unfortunately, many frame their test lab inquiries based on more traditional […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Talos Group The Industrial Control System (ICS) security team at Talos frequently see requests from peers and from students on how to build an ICS test lab. After all, the best way to learn is to get some equipment and learn with good old-fashioned hands-on tinkering. Unfortunately, many frame their test lab inquiries based on more traditional […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Andrew Peters Forrester Consulting recently conducted an analysis of customers using TrustSec software-defined segmentation in production networks and deduced the following: This matters today as network segmentation in the branch, campus and data center is a critical foundation for any network defense. Effective segmentation helps protect key assets and data while preventing the dangerous lateral movements of […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Andrew Peters Forrester Consulting recently conducted an analysis of customers using TrustSec software-defined segmentation in production networks and deduced the following: This matters today as network segmentation in the branch, campus and data center is a critical foundation for any network defense. Effective segmentation helps protect key assets and data while preventing the dangerous lateral movements of […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Talos Group This blog post was authored by Jaeson Schultz. For the past five years we have enjoyed a relatively calm period with respect to spam volumes. Back at the turn of the decade the world was experiencing record-high volumes of spam. However, with the evolution of new anti-spam technologies, combined with some high-profile takedowns of spam-related […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Talos Group This blog post was authored by Jaeson Schultz. For the past five years we have enjoyed a relatively calm period with respect to spam volumes. Back at the turn of the decade the world was experiencing record-high volumes of spam. However, with the evolution of new anti-spam technologies, combined with some high-profile takedowns of spam-related […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By TK Keanini The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) conducted research into how cybersecurity professionals view network security monitoring and how they use it in their organization. The report Network Security Monitoring Trends surveyed 200 IT and cybersecurity professionals who have a knowledge of or responsibility for network security monitoring. Some of the key findings include: Many organizations now […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By TK Keanini The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) conducted research into how cybersecurity professionals view network security monitoring and how they use it in their organization. The report Network Security Monitoring Trends surveyed 200 IT and cybersecurity professionals who have a knowledge of or responsibility for network security monitoring. Some of the key findings include: Many organizations now […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
By Veronica Valeros This post was authored by Veronica Valeros, Petr Somol, Martin Rehak and Martin Grill, on behalf of the whole CTA team. Some of us still intuitively believe that our extensively safeguarded corporate networks are safe from the risks we are exposed to when connecting directly to public Internet. Yet, evidence suggests that most companies now […]
Source:: Cisco Security Notice
