vulnerabilities

November 7, 2014

THREAT RESEARCH

Talos Discovered Three More Vulnerabilities in Pidgin

This post was authored by Yves Younan and edited by Armin Pelkmann Table of contents CVE-2014-3697, VRT-2014-0205 CVE-2014-3696, VRT-2014-0204 CVE-2014-3695, VRT-2014-0203 Cisco Talos is announcing the discovery and patching of another three 3 CVE vulnerabilities in Pidgin (An open-source multi-plat…

September 24, 2014

SECURITY

Announcing the Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication

Today, we released the final Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2014. Six years ago, Cisco committed to disclosing IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (on the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year) in direct response to your feedback. We know t…

August 14, 2014

SECURITY

Cisco 2014 Midyear Security Report: Focusing on Common Vulnerabilities is Smart Security Strategy

Enterprise security professionals have their hands full these days—monitoring networks for security breaches, managing the implications of “bring your own device” policies, and patching systems to combat “weak links,” or vulnerabilities that could allow online criminals to gr…

March 26, 2014

SECURITY

A Bundle is Born

Today, we released the first Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2014. Six years ago, Cisco committed to disclosing IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (on the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year) in direct response to your feedback. We know t…

December 18, 2013

SECURITY

Beware: Insider Threats Getting Worse

Most recently ESG/Vormetric came out with a threat report that highlighted the increase in insider threats & the significance to augment perimeter and host-based security. The rationale behind the increase was that more people are accessing the network, increase cloud and network traffic are mak…

September 25, 2013

SECURITY

It’s Back – It’s Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundle Time Again

Today, we released the final Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2013. We committed to these predictable disclosures back in 2008 because your feedback was clear—they allow you to plan ahead and ensure resources are available to analyze, test, and remediate vulnerabilities in…

August 13, 2013

SECURITY

Summary of Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 2013

That’s right folks, today is Patch Tuesday and Microsoft has published its monthly security bulletin for August 2013. The bulletins address a total of 23 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Exchange. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execut…