Security

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This blog authored by Aleksandar Nikolich and David Maynor with contributions from Nick Biasini Memcached – Not secure, Not Patched Fast Enough Recently high profile vulnerabilities in systems were used to unleash several global ransomware attacks that greatly impacted organizations. These types of vulnerabilities were previously patched and could have been addressed by organizations before […]

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In case you missed it, here are some key takeaways from John Stewart's Chief Security Officere keynote, Cisco Encrypted Threat Analytics, and Cisco IoT Threat Defense.

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For more than two decades, malicious actors have been evolving their Phishing techniques to effectively achieve their goals. From poorly crafted scams to extremely well crafted documents, Phishing attacks keep being a very effective...

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Real-World Testing to Inform Your NGFW Buying Decision We’re excited to share with you the latest NSS Labs NGFW test results. In the most rigorous independent NGFW testing to date, Cisco outperformed eight competitors in security effectiveness, blocking 100% of evasions and surpassing four vendors by over 50 points. You can download the reports to […]

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Today, Microsoft has release their monthly set of security updates designed to address vulnerabilities. This month’s release addresses 54 vulnerabilities with 19 of them rated critical, 32 rated important, and 3 rated moderate. Impacted products include Edge, .NET Framework,  Internet Explorer, Office,  and Windows. Read More

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Today, Talos is disclosing a vulnerability that has been identified in Iceni Infix PDF Editor that could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected hosts. This vulnerability manifests in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted PDF file that triggers this flaw. Talos has coordinated with Iceni to ensure […]

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Recorded live from the Cisco Live Las Vegas floor, this episode focuses on security. More specifically, we look at recent developments in encryption and Cisco’s latest security solution, Encrypted Traffic Analytics.

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With WannaCry barely in the rearview mirror, a new generation of threats are proliferating on a global scale at even faster rates.

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Talos has identified an email-based attack targeting the energy sector, including nuclear power, that puts a new spin on the classic word document attachment phish.