Vulnerability Spotlight: BlueStacks App Player Privilege Escalation

By Talos Group Discovered by Marcin ‘Icewall‘ Noga of Cisco Talos Talos is releasing an advisory for a vulnerability in BlueStacks App Player. (TALOS-2016-0124/CVE-2016-4288). The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on Windows PCs and Macintosh computers. It’s commonly used to run popular Android games on these platforms. Details A weak registry key […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Vulnerability Spotlight: BlueStacks App Player Privilege Escalation

By Talos Group Discovered by Marcin ‘Icewall‘ Noga of Cisco Talos Talos is releasing an advisory for a vulnerability in BlueStacks App Player. (TALOS-2016-0124/CVE-2016-4288). The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on Windows PCs and Macintosh computers. It’s commonly used to run popular Android games on these platforms. Details A weak registry key […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Cisco achieves 100% detection in Breach test

By Jason Brvenik And why 100% detection grossly misleading It is with great pride that we received the latest Breach Detection Report from NSS Labs, in which Cisco achieved a 100% detection rate – we simply couldn’t be more pleased to have our products so well-represented and validated in the market, and we truly believe we have the […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Cisco achieves 100% detection in Breach test

By Jason Brvenik And why 100% detection grossly misleading It is with great pride that we received the latest Breach Detection Report from NSS Labs, in which Cisco achieved a 100% detection rate – we simply couldn’t be more pleased to have our products so well-represented and validated in the market, and we truly believe we have the […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

The Time Is Now for Organizations to Address Their Aging Infrastructure

By Anthony Grieco Cisco has been working to draw attention to the hidden security risks organizations face by not properly maintaining their aging infrastructure and patching vulnerable systems. Threat actors, including ransomware operators, are using vulnerable Internet infrastructure as a foothold to launch their campaigns. The trends lead us to believe we should expect to see more of […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

The Time Is Now for Organizations to Address Their Aging Infrastructure

By Anthony Grieco Cisco has been working to draw attention to the hidden security risks organizations face by not properly maintaining their aging infrastructure and patching vulnerable systems. Threat actors, including ransomware operators, are using vulnerable Internet infrastructure as a foothold to launch their campaigns. The trends lead us to believe we should expect to see more of […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Building Bridges to Our Customers – Michelle Dennedy, Michelle Fleury, Edna Conway Win 2016 Golden Bridge Awards

By John N. Stewart I have an incredible team, and we achieve incredible things together. It’s rewarding to see each and every one of them succeed, and for that success to be realized externally. Today, I’m proud to share that the 2016 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards recognized three members of our Cisco Security and Trust Organization for their […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Building Bridges to Our Customers – Michelle Dennedy, Michelle Fleury, Edna Conway Win 2016 Golden Bridge Awards

By John N. Stewart I have an incredible team, and we achieve incredible things together. It’s rewarding to see each and every one of them succeed, and for that success to be realized externally. Today, I’m proud to share that the 2016 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards recognized three members of our Cisco Security and Trust Organization for their […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2016

By Talos Group This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin and Jonah Samost Today is Patch Tuesday for August 2016, and Microsoft has released several security bulletins and associated patches to resolve security issues across their products. This month’s patch release includes 9 bulletins addressing 28 vulnerabilities. Five of the bulletins Microsoft has released are rated Critical and […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2016

By Talos Group This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin and Jonah Samost Today is Patch Tuesday for August 2016, and Microsoft has released several security bulletins and associated patches to resolve security issues across their products. This month’s patch release includes 9 bulletins addressing 28 vulnerabilities. Five of the bulletins Microsoft has released are rated Critical and […]

Source:: Cisco Security Notice