Security

By now you’ve likely heard of the benefits of Network Access Control (NAC) and specifically, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).  If not, it’s time to …how shall I put this… toss that clip-on pedometer in favor of a steps-capable smartwatch? Trade up that Motorola flip for a phone with an actual t…

Looking back at 2018, malicious cryptomining emerged as one of the most prominent threats. As described in-depth in this blog, cryptocurrency mining, or cryptomining for short, is the process by which new coins are created or earned. However, the one key aspect that separates your regular, everyday…

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) promises transformational opportunities. Yet the open, standards-based internet technologies that enable the IIoT and economic innovation also present an array of complex challenges to critical infrastructure providers. Technology is being embedded into exist…

Cisco Threat Response is built upon a collection of APIs; which can be used to integrate your Cisco and third-party security products, automate the incident response process and manage threat intelligence and security context data in a single location. Over the next few months, our team will be work…

Post authored by Nick Biasini. Executive Summary As 2018 draws to a close, one technology has definitively left its mark on the year: cryptocurrencies. Digital currencies started the year out strong after a meteoric rise toward the end of 2017. Since then, it’s safe to say that cryptocurrencies have…

Post authored by David Liebenberg and Andrew Williams. Executive Summary Through Cisco Talos’ investigation of illicit cryptocurrency mining campaigns in the past year, we began to notice that many of these campaigns shared remarkably similar TTPs, which we at first mistakenly interpreted as being a…

How to stop the ‘Grinch’ from breaking your endpoint defenses You’re gearing up for the holidays. But then your phone rings – it’s your manager. He just heard the news that another malware strain is on the loose. Just like the Grinch, it is a ‘mean one,’ posing a vicious threat to the security of co…

Warning from Black Hat NOC Cisco Security helped secure the Black Hat Europe 2018 Network Operations Centre (NOC) for the second year; joining conference producer UBM and its other security partners RSA Security, Palo Alto Networks, Rukus and Gigamon. Cisco provided DNS visibility and threat intelli…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Dec. 7 and Dec. 14. 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 c…