Security

It’s been a fun and exciting four years at Cisco building out our market-leading Incident Response service, and the one thing I continually focus on is not resting on our laurels. That’s why I’m really excited to announce that moving forward, we are  enhancing our Incident Response Retainer offering…

Back in 2014, I wrote an article that highlighted that global Internet routing table passed the 512,000 or 512k route mark. Today we know that another significant milestone has been reached, as we passed the 768k route mark!  Many have predicted Internet outages may be expected. In short, the “sky i…

Bring real time web application attack data into Threat Response Signal Sciences is a leading web application security company, with a next-gen web application firewall (WAF) and runtime application self-protection (RASP) solution. Signal Sciences protects over 10,000 applications, with over a trill…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Apr. 12 and Apr. 19. 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…

How a revolutionary technology was usurped for evil, and what we can do about it Since its inception, email has gone from a novelty, to a necessity, to at times a nuisance, and now, to downright nefarious. “You’ve got mail” has somehow turned into “You’ve got malware.” Email has become and remains…

This blog post discusses the technical details of a state-sponsored attack manipulating DNS systems. While this incident is limited to targeting primarily national security organizations in the Middle East and North Africa, and we do not want to overstate the consequences of this specific campaign,…

Encrypted traffic is changing the threat landscape. Today’s digital businesses rely on encryption of application traffic for information sharing. The fact that the Internet is becoming increasingly “dark” is not debated with all indicators showing a steady increase. Compounding this issue is the pot…

There is only one thing more important than the right answer, and that is asking the right question. I have spent my entire career doing security analytics and all of the useful analytics I have ever delivered to the market have been grounded in asking the right questions. With that in mind, I’d lik…

It’s often said that “complexity is the enemy of security.” It’s true, in so many ways. If a security product is too complex to manage, it will slow down your investigations which slows down your ability to detect and stop threats. Naturally, you’ll gravitate to an easier-to-use product. If your sec…