OpenDNS Introduces IP-Layer Enforcement for Umbrella

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By Owen Lystrup Cisco announced on Tuesday that OpenDNS was updating its cloud-delivered network security and threat intelligence solutions, as part of the company’s strategy to provide Security Everywhere across the extended network. Acquired in August, OpenDNS handles nearly 80 billion daily DNS requests and uses its unique view of the Internet to extend security for an increasingly mobile and off-network workforce. Umbrella, OpenDNS’s cloud-delivered network security solution, already provides advanced threat protection for any device, anywhere, anytime. Umbrella encrypts DNS requests from endpoints […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

OpenDNS Introduces IP-Layer Enforcement for Umbrella

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By Owen Lystrup Cisco announced on Tuesday that OpenDNS was updating its cloud-delivered network security and threat intelligence solutions, as part of the company’s strategy to provide Security Everywhere across the extended network. Acquired in August, OpenDNS handles nearly 80 billion daily DNS requests and uses its unique view of the Internet to extend security for an increasingly mobile and off-network workforce. Umbrella, OpenDNS’s cloud-delivered network security solution, already provides advanced threat protection for any device, anywhere, anytime. Umbrella encrypts DNS requests from endpoints […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Reverse Social Engineering Tech Support Scammers

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By Talos Group This post is authored by Jaime Filson and Dave Liebenberg . Background The amount of fraudulent actors masquerading as legitimate tech support has been on the rise since 2008. According to David Finn , executive director at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center, tech support scammers have made nearly $1.5 billion off of 3.3 million unwitting victims just this year. These scammers typically convince the victim into allowing them access to his/her computer through remote control applications such as TeamViewer. They then present benign processes as malicious, or at times even […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Reverse Social Engineering Tech Support Scammers

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By Talos Group This post is authored by Jaime Filson and Dave Liebenberg . Background The amount of fraudulent actors masquerading as legitimate tech support has been on the rise since 2008. According to David Finn , executive director at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center, tech support scammers have made nearly $1.5 billion off of 3.3 million unwitting victims just this year. These scammers typically convince the victim into allowing them access to his/her computer through remote control applications such as TeamViewer. They then present benign processes as malicious, or at times even […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice