Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC jpeg Decoder Vulnerability

By Talos Group Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-9041 an uninitialized memory vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the largest and well known PDF readers available today. This particular vulnerability is associated with the JPEG Decoder functionality embedded in the application. […]

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC jpeg Decoder Vulnerability

By Talos Group Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2016-9041 an uninitialized memory vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the largest and well known PDF readers available today. This particular vulnerability is associated with the JPEG Decoder functionality embedded in the application. […]

Effective Endpoint Security – More than Meets the Eye

By Jason Lamar One of your sales people, Susan, is on the road putting some finishing touches on a presentation before a big meeting. Using the hotel Wi-Fi she does a quick search to see if there’s any relevant company or industry news she needs to know about before meeting with the client. She clicks […]

Effective Endpoint Security – More than Meets the Eye

By Jason Lamar One of your sales people, Susan, is on the road putting some finishing touches on a presentation before a big meeting. Using the hotel Wi-Fi she does a quick search to see if there’s any relevant company or industry news she needs to know about before meeting with the client. She clicks […]

Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination Open to Review

By Omar Santos Recent cyber attacks on organizations around the world have demonstrated the need for consistency in managing security vulnerabilities. To answer that demand, the Industry Consortium for the Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) created the FIRST Vulnerability Coordination Special Interest Group […]

Guidelines and Practices for Multi-Party Vulnerability Coordination Open to Review

By Omar Santos Recent cyber attacks on organizations around the world have demonstrated the need for consistency in managing security vulnerabilities. To answer that demand, the Industry Consortium for the Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) created the FIRST Vulnerability Coordination Special Interest Group […]

Closing One Learning Loop: Using Decision Forests to Detect Advanced Threats

By Veronica Valeros This blog post was authored by Veronica Valeros and Lukas Machlica Malicious actors are constantly evolving their techniques in order to evade detection. It is not only the sophistication or the rapid pace of change that is challenging us as defenders, but the scale of attacks. With the continuous flood of threats […]