Rombertik’s disk wiping mechanism is aimed at pirates, not researchers
Rombertik, the information-stealing malware that was recently analyzed by Cisco researchers and which apparently tries to prevent researchers from doing so by rewriting the …
Cisco splats router bug that can lead to persistent DoS
Cisco has patched a vulnerability that affects Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers and can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to effectively …
New PoS malware family comes with keylogger component
A new piece of PoS scraper malware has been found and analyzed by researchers from Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group. Dubbed “PoSeidon,” …
Cisco Small Business IP phones vulnerable to eavesdropping
Cisco has confirmed the existence of a flaw affecting its Small Business SPA 300 and 500 series IP phones that can be exploited by attackers to listen to the audio stream of …
Cisco, Apple, Citrix products no longer welcome on Chinese government systems
A slew of US tech companies have been dropped from China’s Ministry of Finance’s approved government procurement list, including Apple, McAfee, Citrix Systems and …
Flaw makes Cisco routing hardware vulnerable to DoS attacks
A serious vulnerability affecting the software of some of Cisco’s routing hardware systems for telecommunications and Internet service providers could be exploited to …
Cybersecurity readiness: Widening gulf between perception and reality
Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps in security to evade detection and conceal malicious activity, according to Cisco. Defenders, namely, …
Is IT security stifling innovation and collaboration?
Critical company data is at risk in the UK as a result of organizations focusing their IT security policies and resources more on external threats, such as cybercriminals and …
Will 2015 be the year of risk-based security?
As 2014 comes to a close, many of us are beginning to look ahead at the expected trends for the coming year. For those of us in cybersecurity who are at the forefront of …
Cisco open sources Big Data security analytics framework
“Technically advanced attackers often leave behind clue-based evidence of their activities, but uncovering them usually involves filtering through mountains of logs and …
Cisco projects data center traffic will nearly triple
In the fourth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index, Cisco forecasts continued strong growth of cloud traffic, cloud workloads and cloud storage with private cloud significantly …
Cisco unveils threat-focused next-generation firewall
Cisco introduced a threat-focused Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW). Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services provides the full contextual awareness and dynamic controls needed to …
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