JhoneRAT: Cloud based python RAT targeting Middle Eastern countries
Today, Cisco Talos is unveiling the details of a new RAT we have identified we’re calling “JhoneRAT.” This new RAT is dropped to the victims via malicious Microsoft Office documents. The dropper, along with the Python RAT, attempts to gather information on the victim’s machin…
Data, Technology, and Women’s Economic Empowerment
This post was written by guest blogger Charu Adesnik, Deputy Director of the Cisco Foundation. Our economic empowerment programs connect underserved people to skills, meaningful employment, financial products and services, and opportunities they need to thrive and develop careers. With the strategic…
Learning to Love Social Media and Using it as a Cisco Recruiting Tool
Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. LinkedIn. Snapchat. Can you imagine a time when these words didn’t exist? I can! In fact, when I started my career as a Recruiter – none of these platforms were even a twinkle in the tech world’s eye. Now, they’re some of the platforms I use daily to share why I love li…
How Digital Giving Is Improving People’s Lives
Digital transformation is impacting nearly every industry and aspect of our lives. At this time of year, when our thoughts and actions turn toward giving, I want to show how digital giving is improving people’s lives around the world. Digital Giving Data Points According to the 2016 Global NGO Onlin…
April 5 #CiscoChat Recap: How Can IoT Accelerate Digital Transformation?
From cloud computing to devices that allow us to take work anywhere, everywhere, right in our pockets, the last few years have seen some of the most redefining, technology-driven shakeups in the history of business. Now, IoT has taken the stage as the next big thing in digital transformation. How is…
Sara Chipps Looks Back on Cisco’s International Women’s Day #CiscoChat
Sara Chipps is a JavaScript developer based in New York City. She has been working on Software and the Open Source Community since 2001. She’s been obsessed with hardware and has been a part of NodeBots since 2012. She is the CEO of Jewelbots, a company dedicated to drastically changing the number o…
Inviting Global Perspectives into the Classroom
As our schools and universities prepare students to make a contribution to the world, it is important to benchmark the emerging critical skills they will need to solve increasingly complex problems. As we accelerate the speed of moving data and communications around the world, one strategic skill em…
Share a Tweet, Be a Global Problem Solver for Women
International Women’s Day isn’t just a day to celebrate the many social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; it’s an opportunity to be a global problem solver for women around the world. On Wednesday, March 8, Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is embra…
Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Reality of Multivendor IT Support
Join us for a #CiscoChat on February 8th at 11 a.m. PT to discuss the reality of multivendor IT support. Imagine you’re the IT director of a global bank. You recently implemented a variety of digital solutions: virtualization, IoT, data analytics. You get the picture. Your company is under pressure…