third party software

September 10, 2013

SECURITY

MS Detours: Ongoing vigilance keeps customers on the right track.

4 min read

This post discusses the potential for vulnerabilities to be present in software products due to the use of 3rd party Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). In some cases the DLLs that are injected end up with privileges, or permissions, that are far greater than what should be allowed.

December 18, 2012

SECURITY

Let’s Hack Some Cisco Gear at SecCon!

4 min read

Here's the second in a series of posts discussing how Cisco SecCon 2012 (December 3-6) brought together hundreds of engineers, live and virtually, from Cisco offices around the globe with one common goal: to share their knowledge and learn best practices about how to increase the overall security posture of Cisco products.