cybercrime

May 6, 2019

SECURITY

Cybercrime and Fraud Part 1: Modern Tales of Piracy and Plunder

Calico Jack, Captain Blood, and Blackbeard. So many recognizable stories, books, and movies have been made about the period of stealing and looting exemplified by the golden age of piracy. Time will tell whether we see such romanticized stories of dashing rogues based on this new golden age of crimi…

April 5, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

Hiding in Plain Sight

This blog was written by Jon Munshaw and Jaeson Schultz. Cisco Talos is continually working to ensure that our threat intelligence not only accounts for the latest threats but also new versions of old threats, such as spam. This often means pursuing cybercriminals wherever they congregate. However,…

November 27, 2017

SECURITY

#CiscoChat Podcast: Cisco and INTERPOL Join Forces to Fight Cybercrime

On 21 November 2017, Cisco and INTERPOL announced an agreement to share threat intelligence as the first step in jointly fighting cybercrime. In this podcast, I talk about the significance of this global agreement signed out of Singapore and how Cisco’s level of security expertise will help law enfo…

October 12, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Why cybersecurity in the workplace is everyone’s business

“If Microsoft calls and asks you for your password…it’s not real, ” said Steve LeBlond, VP of Technology and CTO of Ochsner Health System, while speaking at our Digital Health Summit on October 3. “We [Information Technology] will never ask you to log us in.” Stev…

August 29, 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

How to Prevent the Bank Robbery No One Can See

“This is a stickup! Give me all your bitcoins!” Those words may not seem as terrifying as the shouts and gunshots of infamous bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid sounded to bankers in the early 1900s. But they would quickly create a crippling panic if you saw them flash across your scre…

August 3, 2016

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Go Digital Securely … and Fast

Would you trust your money to a bank if it had no vaults and no guards? Of course you do. You do it every day. With the digitization of banking and other financial services, customers cannot see all the defenses being used to protect their assets. There are no alarms nor armored cars, it is all 0’s…

April 22, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S2|Ep 14. Threat Grid

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’ll be talking about Threat Grid with Cisco Business Development Manager and Threat Grid expert, Jessica Bair. Listen to the Podcast. Learn about the Cisco Champions Program HERE. See a list of all #CiscoChampion…