Security Intelligence Operations (SIO)

September 18, 2013

SECURITY

Watering-Hole Attacks Target Energy Sector

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Beginning in early May, Cisco TRAC has observed a number of malicious redirects that appear to be part of a watering-hole style attack targeting the Energy & Oil sector. The structure consists of several compromised domains, of which some play the role of redirector and others the role of malware host. Observed watering-hole style domains […]

April 17, 2013

SECURITY

Massive Spam and Malware Campaign Following the Boston Tragedy

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Summary On April 16th at 11:00pm GMT, the first of two botnets began a massive spam campaign to take advantage of the recent Boston tragedy. The spam messages claim to contain news concerning the Boston Marathon bombing. The spam messages contain a link to a site that claims to have videos of explosions from the […]

March 11, 2013

SECURITY

Why the Cisco SIO Portal Doesn’t Give Out Candy

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This blog post highlights the most recent changes, several of which based on direct Cisco customer feedback, made to the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) Portal. Thanks to this customer feedback, Cisco SIO is armed with the data necessary to evolve the Portal to ensure that relevant security content is where you need it, when you need it.