March 2017 Cisco IOS & IOS XE Software Bundled Publication
By Erin Float Today, we released the first Cisco IOS & IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2017. (As a reminder, Cisco discloses vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software on a predictable schedule—the fourth Wednesday of March and September in each calendar year). Today’s edition of the Cisco IOS & IOS […]
“Time to Evolve” Analysis Yields New Insight on Malware Obfuscation Techniques and Adds Dimension to “Time to Detection” Metric
By Aaron Weis [Blog authored by Aaron Weis and Samuel Wigley] Cisco has been measuring our security products‘ median “time to detection” (TTD) — the window of time between a compromise and detection of a threat — since 2015. This exercise is a way for us to benchmark our progress, and continually refine our approach, […]
“Time to Evolve” Analysis Yields New Insight on Malware Obfuscation Techniques and Adds Dimension to “Time to Detection” Metric
By Aaron Weis [Blog authored by Aaron Weis and Samuel Wigley] Cisco has been measuring our security products‘ median “time to detection” (TTD) — the window of time between a compromise and detection of a threat — since 2015. This exercise is a way for us to benchmark our progress, and continually refine our approach, […]
Microsoft Office 2007 Support endet
Der Microsoft Office 2007 Support endet in Kürze. Das bedeutet, dass keine Sicherheitsupdates mehr bereitgestellt werden und die Gefährdung für Nutzer extrem ansteigt. Bereits am 11.04.2017 wird der Microsoft Exchange Server in der Version 2007 nicht mehr unterstützt. Da Exchange in vielen Umgebungen der Dreh- und Angelpunkt der Bürokommunikation ist, empfehlen wir den dringenden Umstieg auf […]
Necurs Diversifies Its Portfolio
By Talos Group The post was authored by Sean Baird, Edmund Brumaghin and Earl Carter, with contributions from Jaeson Schultz. Executive Summary The Necurs botnet is the largest spam botnet in the world. Over the past year it has been used primarily for the distribution of Locky ransomware and Dridex. Earlier this year, we wrote […]
Necurs Diversifies Its Portfolio
By Talos Group The post was authored by Sean Baird, Edmund Brumaghin and Earl Carter, with contributions from Jaeson Schultz. Executive Summary The Necurs botnet is the largest spam botnet in the world. Over the past year it has been used primarily for the distribution of Locky ransomware and Dridex. Earlier this year, we wrote […]
Threat Round-up for the Week of Mar 13 – Mar 17
By Talos Group Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed over the past week. As with previous round-ups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics, indicators of compromise, and how our customers are […]