2016 ASR

January 25, 2016

SECURITY

Hiding in Plain Sight: Malware’s Use of TLS and Encryption

4 min read

Introduction TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol that provides privacy for applications. TLS is usually implemented on top of common protocols such as HTTP for web browsing or SMTP for email. HTTPS is the usage of TLS over HTTP, which is the most popular way of securing communication between a web server and […]

January 22, 2016

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – January 22, 2016

2 min read

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco Partner Ecosystem news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Off the Top Greetings everyone. Hope you all had a great week – let’s jump right into […]

January 22, 2016

SECURITY

Overcoming the DNS “Blind Spot”

2 min read

[ed. note – this post was authored jointly by John Stuppi and Dan Hubbard] The Domain Name Service (DNS) provides the IP addresses of intended domain names in response to queries from requesting end hosts. Because many threat actors today are leveraging DNS to compromise end hosts monitoring DNS is often a critical step in […]

January 21, 2016

SECURITY

Why Aging Infrastructure Is a Growing Problem

2 min read

Defending a network against threats of growing complexity requires a mix of technology and policies that are as sophisticated as the campaigns created by attackers. A necessary component to an efffective defense includes tackling the low-hanging fruit—that is, basic tasks such as patching vulnerabilities and updating old software. However, as we relate in the Cisco […]

January 20, 2016

SECURITY

The Value of Collaboration in Weakening Attackers

2 min read

Today’s attackers deploy complex and clever threats that are difficult to combat with just one method of defense. In some cases, defenders must go beyond tools for detecting attacks and devise a different approach for obstructing our adversaries’ ability to operate. As detailed in the Cisco 2016 Annual Security Report...