Security

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Experienced CISO Mark Weatherford, former deputy under-secretary for cybersecurity at the U.S Department of Homeland Security, takes to the interview chair for Episode 4 of the Security Stories podcast.

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By Asheer Malhotra Cisco Talos has observed an upgraded version of a malspam campaign known to distribute multiple remote access trojans (RATs). The infection chain utilized in the attacks is highly modularized. The attackers utilize publicly available infrastructure such as Bitly and Pastebin (spread over a number of accounts) to direct and host their attack […]

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Disruption creates two distinct sets of challenges for security professionals. The security team has to keep up with strategic IT demands, and do daily battle with a sophisticated threat landscape.

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Real users explain how to implement robust protection with Cisco Email Security’s sophisticated filtering, built-in intelligence and policy definition and enforcement capabilities.

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Cisco SecureX integrates security to eliminate complexity, optimize your security experience, and save you time.

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The Cisco SecureX platform brings together the best of our broad and integrated security technologies, including security analytics.

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As organizations adopt remote working, how should they evaluate their security posture? And what are the top threats they may face?

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Apr 17 and Apr 24. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]

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By Edmund Brumaghin, with contributions from Amit Raut. Overview MedusaLocker is a ransomware family that has been observed being deployed since its discovery in 2019. Since its introduction to the threat landscape, there have been several variants observed. However, most of the functionality remains consistent. The most notable differences are changes to the file extension […]