Security

This post was authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Joel Esler and Melissa Taylor Talos has discussed at length the sophistication of the Angler exploit kit. One thing that always makes Angler stand apart is the speed with which they develop and implement new techniques. Whether its doma…

Perhaps more than ever, cyber security is about cooperation. To defend alone is to fail. To have knowledge alone is to fail your peers. Today NATO and Cisco, two long-time cyber defense partners, are formalizing a key piece of our cooperation – information sharing. NATO’s Communications and Informat…

Tax time in the US is quickly approaching. Everyone should be on the lookout for scams that are designed to trick you out of your money and personal information. The IRS is warning users about an increase in the number of email scams being used this year. However, these attacks are no longer limited…

As RSA Conference 2016 draws near, I’m excited to see that privacy is at last getting its day in the sun. This topic has often seemed like an after-market add-on at the conference in previous years. Last year, in fact, most of the booths at RSAC were touting the fact that they had security AND priva…

Recently, I had the opportunity to participate on a panel discussion of Internet of Things (IoT) privacy and security at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This week, Barcelona plays host to the 2016 Mobile World Congress, where technology leaders convene to discuss what’s next in the mobil…

Massive digital transformation is creating significant new opportunities for service providers. The number of Internet connected devices will grow from 15 billion today to 500 billion by 2030. The rise of cloud computing is a game-changer in service provider architecture and service delivery resulti…

Security threats are varied and often unpredictable. We are faced with an expanding attack surface. Adversaries abound, spanning organized crime, nation-states and malicious insiders. It is against this backdrop that the IT solutions lifecycle may appear to be an “unharnessable” security beast: the…

The threat landscape is in constant flux. In many situations, the entire security community must work together to combat some of today’s larger threats. Novetta researched a group of malware families that all appear to be related to the same group of threat actors dubbed “The Lazarus Group” (Group 7…

Full NGFW integration yields streamlined security and greater value from investments We know that security, when done properly, can be a business enabler. But as IT teams build out their security capabilities, the lack of integrated solutions yields lower threat effectiveness and inevitably leads to…