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Threat Roundup for August 9 to August 16

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Aug. 9 and Aug. 16. 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...

Fri Aug 16, 2019 19:51
Three Reasons to Upgrade Your Legacy AV/Endpoint Security

What technology do you remember the most from the ‘80s – ‘90s? Portable CD players? Floppy disks? 2G flip phones? None of these, of course, survived the digital evolution. Do you know which technology developed in that era that did survive? Legacy antivirus (AV). That’s right. While many other technologies have evolved in the last few decades to keep...

Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:53
Breath Deeply, Relax…Now Focus…on Integrating Your Security Architecture

“Relax” and “security” are not often found in the same sentence.  There is not much about the current threat environment that elicits relaxation. But in this era of mindfulness and getting focused, Cisco has done just that.  We have put a single-minded focus on integrating our own security portfolio so that we close attack vectors and decrease deployment...

Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:46
Threat Roundup for August 2 to August 9

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. 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...

Fri Aug 9, 2019 23:40
How to Save a Billion Dollars

In my last blog, I examined the state of cybercrime, fraud, and the losses associated with it. It was also in that blog that I brought up a particular threat that has caused more than $1 billion dollars in losses last year and shows no signs of slowing down. So, what is this increasingly expensive and evolving threat?  Ransomware? Insider Threats? Nation-State...

Tue Aug 6, 2019 17:45
When you request a .jpg and get ransomware

Security Operations Center at RSAC APJ 2019 For the 3rd year, RSAConference 2019 APJ created an educational exhibit, sponsored by RSA, Cisco and M.Tech, to monitor the RSA Conference public Wi-Fi network provided by the Marina Bay Sands (MBS). This exhibit was created in the form of the RSA Conference Security Operations Center (SOC). RSA and Cisco...

Mon Aug 5, 2019 18:53

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