Cisco Systems is participating in the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s (FLETC) Cybercrime Conference, held July 6-8, 2016, in Glynco, Georgia. The purpose of this event is to foster education and awareness of the current threats and
The post was authored by Mariano Graziano. Executive Summary Attacks have grown more and more complex over the years. The evolution of the threat landscape has demonstrated this where adversaries have had to modify their tactics to bypass mitigations
The post was authored by Ben Baker. Qbot, AKA Qakbot, has been around for since at least 2008, but it recently experienced a large surge in development and deployments. Qbot primarily targets sensitive information like banking credentials. Here we are
Most malware analysis technologies, like sandboxes, put some sort of hook or software inside their analysis environment in order to observe what is actually happening. This could be a specific DLL file, or a debugger. The problem with this approach is
In March 2015, Cisco created the AMP Threat Grid for Law Enforcement Program, empowering state and local law enforcement agencies with its dynamic malware analysis and threat intelligence platform. Cisco has renewed the program and made it a permanent
This post is authored by Andrea Allievi and Holger Unterbrink Executive Summary Ransomware is malicious software that is designed to hold users’ files (such as photos, documents, and music) for ransom by encrypting their contents and demanding
This post is authored by Earl Carter & Holger Unterbrink. Overview Talos is often tasked with mapping the backend network for a specific piece of malware. One approach is to first reverse engineer the sample and determine exactly how it operates.
This post was authored by Karel Bartos, Vojtech Franc, &
Recognizing the critical need for state and local law enforcement agencies to have state-of-the art technologies to effectively fight digital crime, Cisco is creating the AMP Threat Grid for Law Enforcement Program. The program is designed to empower
