Getting to Know Tom Powledge, Vice President of Cisco Managed Security Services

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By Tom Powledge After several months leading the managed security services portfolio at Cisco, I sat down with the social media team to discuss my path to Cisco, the evolution of the security market, and the future of security. [Note: This is an abridged version of the full interview .] Q: After nearly 20 years at Symantec, why did you decide to move to Cisco? TP: Cisco has all of the pieces necessary to solve the biggest security problems facing businesses today and into the […]

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Your Files Are Encrypted with a “Windows 10 Upgrade”

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By Talos Group This post was authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Craig Williams & Alex Chiu Adversaries are always trying to take advantage of current events to lure users into executing their malicious payload. These campaigns are usually focussed around social events and are seen on a constant basis. Today, Talos discovered a spam campaign that was taking advantage of a different type of current event. Microsoft released Windows 10 earlier this month (July 29) and it will be available as a free upgrade to users who […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Your Files Are Encrypted with a “Windows 10 Upgrade”

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By Talos Group This post was authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Craig Williams & Alex Chiu Adversaries are always trying to take advantage of current events to lure users into executing their malicious payload. These campaigns are usually focussed around social events and are seen on a constant basis. Today, Talos discovered a spam campaign that was taking advantage of a different type of current event. Microsoft released Windows 10 earlier this month (July 29) and it will be available as a free upgrade to users who […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Changing the Way We Deliver Vulnerability and Threat Intelligence

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By Jeff Shipley We are making some changes to the way Cisco Security provides and shares vulnerability and threat intelligence to make it more consumable by our customers and the security community. The Cisco Security IntelliShield Service has been successfully delivering multi-vendor security intelligence to our customers for 15 years. During this time, the security intelligence market has continued to evolve to more integrated and automated solutions. Similarly, the Cisco Security strategy has evolved to add machine-readable security content. We have seen an […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Changing the Way We Deliver Vulnerability and Threat Intelligence

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By Jeff Shipley We are making some changes to the way Cisco Security provides and shares vulnerability and threat intelligence to make it more consumable by our customers and the security community. The Cisco Security IntelliShield Service has been successfully delivering multi-vendor security intelligence to our customers for 15 years. During this time, the security intelligence market has continued to evolve to more integrated and automated solutions. Similarly, the Cisco Security strategy has evolved to add machine-readable security content. We have seen an […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Change is Coming to the Security Industry – and This is a Good Thing

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By Jason Brvenik Cisco presents a vision of the future in the Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report that we expect many—particularly in the security industry—might find a little controversial. We suggest that over the next five years, there will be a continued wave of industry consolidation—driven less by financially motivated M&A and more by the need for capable solutions—that brings together niche innovators and long-standing players for the greater cause of protecting organizations. And then what? This consolidation will lead to the development of an integrated threat defense […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Change is Coming to the Security Industry – and This is a Good Thing

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By Jason Brvenik Cisco presents a vision of the future in the Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report that we expect many—particularly in the security industry—might find a little controversial. We suggest that over the next five years, there will be a continued wave of industry consolidation—driven less by financially motivated M&A and more by the need for capable solutions—that brings together niche innovators and long-standing players for the greater cause of protecting organizations. And then what? This consolidation will lead to the development of an integrated threat defense […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Midyear Security Report: Exploit Kits and Ransomware Get Creative to Fool Users and Evade Detection

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By Craig Williams The modern online adversary is out to make money, not simply hack networks for the fun of it. In the Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report , there’s yet more evidence that criminals are using tools with ever-increasing sophistication to steal valuable personal or financial data and sell it, coerce users into paying ransoms for their own data, and generally reap financial rewards for their exploits. The Angler exploit kit continues to lead the market in terms of sophistication and effectiveness. As explained in the Cisco […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Midyear Security Report: Exploit Kits and Ransomware Get Creative

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By Craig Williams The modern online adversary is out to make money, not simply hack networks for the fun of it. In the Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report , there’s yet more evidence that criminals are using tools with ever-increasing sophistication to steal valuable personal or financial data and sell it, coerce users into paying ransoms for their own data, and generally reap financial rewards for their exploits. The Angler exploit kit continues to lead the market in terms of sophistication and effectiveness. As explained in the Cisco […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Midyear Security Report: Exploit Kits and Ransomware Get Creative to Fool Users and Evade Detection

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By Craig Williams The modern online adversary is out to make money, not simply hack networks for the fun of it. In the Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report , there’s yet more evidence that criminals are using tools with ever-increasing sophistication to steal valuable personal or financial data and sell it, coerce users into paying ransoms for their own data, and generally reap financial rewards for their exploits. The Angler exploit kit continues to lead the market in terms of sophistication and effectiveness. As explained in the Cisco […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice