Security Intelligence Operations (SIO)

September 18, 2013

SECURITY

Watering-Hole Attacks Target Energy Sector

Beginning in early May, Cisco TRAC has observed a number of malicious redirects that appear to be part of a watering-hole style attack targeting the Energy & Oil sector. The structure consists of several compromised domains, of which some play the role of redirector and others the role of malwar…

April 17, 2013

SECURITY

Massive Spam and Malware Campaign Following the Boston Tragedy

Summary On April 16th at 11:00pm GMT, the first of two botnets began a massive spam campaign to take advantage of the recent Boston tragedy. The spam messages claim to contain news concerning the Boston Marathon bombing. The spam messages contain a link to a site that claims to have videos of explos…

March 11, 2013

SECURITY

Why the Cisco SIO Portal Doesn’t Give Out Candy

“Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine.” In the spirit of Robert C. Gallagher’s famous quote—and in our quest to never be a vending machine—we’ve rolled out several updates to Cisco’s Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) Portal which I trust you will find…