Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 3

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By Mike Storm This is Part 3 of our blog series about NG-Firewalls. See Part 1 here . Part 3: Challenges of the Typical NGFW What good is a malicious verdict on something that had already penetrated the system? There is no system in the world that can stop 100% of attacks/attackers 100% of the time, so infection is an inevitability that must be anticipated. Something WILL get through and when it does, the quality of your threat system and incident response plan will […]

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Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 3

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By Mike Storm This is Part 3 of our blog series about NG-Firewalls. See Part 1 here . Part 3: Challenges of the Typical NGFW What good is a malicious verdict on something that had already penetrated the system? There is no system in the world that can stop 100% of attacks/attackers 100% of the time, so infection is an inevitability that must be anticipated. Something WILL get through and when it does, the quality of your threat system and incident response plan will […]

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Threat Spotlight: Holiday Greetings from Pro PoS – Is your payment card data someone else’s Christmas present?

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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 the company’s PoS system. From high-end hotels to large retail firms, threat actors are attacking PoS systems in the attempt to capture payment card data. PoS Malware is just another threat category that […]

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Threat Spotlight: Holiday Greetings from Pro PoS – Is your payment card data someone else’s Christmas present?

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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 the company’s PoS system. From high-end hotels to large retail firms, threat actors are attacking PoS systems in the attempt to capture payment card data. PoS Malware is just another threat category that […]

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Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 2

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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 you consider the typical NGFW available from your choice of vendors, you are staring at a system that was designed for, and normally sold to, Network-focused Admins that need more […]

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Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 2

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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 you consider the typical NGFW available from your choice of vendors, you are staring at a system that was designed for, and normally sold to, Network-focused Admins that need more […]

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Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 1

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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 vehicle alarm and security system. You know, one of those ultra-advanced systems that connects to an app on your smartphone, includes an ignition kill switch, vehicle tracker, cameras, motion […]

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Threat-Focused NG-Firewall – Who Cares? Part 1

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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 vehicle alarm and security system. You know, one of those ultra-advanced systems that connects to an app on your smartphone, includes an ignition kill switch, vehicle tracker, cameras, motion […]

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Malware stealing gigabytes of your data as seen by Cognitive Threat Analytics

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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 and control activities, the incident features an upload of 2.3 gigabytes of data to a highly suspicious destination. CTA has classified this incident as a malware with high severity and confidence. […]

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Malware stealing gigabytes of your data as seen by Cognitive Threat Analytics

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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 and control activities, the incident features an upload of 2.3 gigabytes of data to a highly suspicious destination. CTA has classified this incident as a malware with high severity and confidence. […]

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