Harnessing the Power of Network Meta Data: Finding Malware

By Brian Ford Probably not a day goes by without someone telling you about a new vulnerability or threat to your network and your data. These threats are seemingly everywhere. In order to protect against these threats, we use strong passwords and encryption. Unfortunately, our adversaries are getting the same messages as they continue to scoop up our […]

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Introducing Exploit Prevention to Stop File-Less Attacks

By John Dominguez In war, any good military strategist will try to exploit their enemy’s weaknesses. Cybercriminals are no different. Their latest tactic: use file-less attacks to exploit vulnerabilities in everyday applications.

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Introducing Exploit Prevention to Stop File-Less Attacks

By John Dominguez In war, any good military strategist will try to exploit their enemy’s weaknesses. Cybercriminals are no different. Their latest tactic: use file-less attacks to exploit vulnerabilities in everyday applications.

Source:: Cisco Security Notice

The impact on network security through encrypted protocols – QUIC

By Tobias Mayer I have already written about two secure protocols that are impacting our network security. The first was HTTP/2, the second one was TLS 1.3. Both posts can be found here: HTTP/2 TLS1.3 Today I want to talk about another very important protocol, it is called QUIC. QUIC stands for QUICK UDP INTERNET CONNECTIONS. It is […]

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The impact on network security through encrypted protocols – QUIC

By Tobias Mayer I have already written about two secure protocols that are impacting our network security. The first was HTTP/2, the second one was TLS 1.3. Both posts can be found here: HTTP/2 TLS1.3 Today I want to talk about another very important protocol, it is called QUIC. QUIC stands for QUICK UDP INTERNET CONNECTIONS. It is […]

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Defending Against The $5B Cybersecurity Threat – Business Email Compromise

By Claudia Martinez If an average employee at your company got an email from an executive with an urgent request, would they question whether the email was coming from the actual sender? They probably wouldn’t. The reality is that most people would act on the request because of its time-sensitive nature. They assume that the IT team has […]

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Defending Against The $5B Cybersecurity Threat – Business Email Compromise

By Claudia Martinez If an average employee at your company got an email from an executive with an urgent request, would they question whether the email was coming from the actual sender? They probably wouldn’t. The reality is that most people would act on the request because of its time-sensitive nature. They assume that the IT team has […]

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Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare VNC Vulnerabilities

By Talos Group Today, Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in the VNC implementation used in VMWare’s products that could result in code execution. VMWare implements VNC for its remote management, remote access, and automation purposes in VMWare products including Workstation, Player, and ESXi which share a common VMW VNC code base. The vulnerabilities manifest themselves in […]

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Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare VNC Vulnerabilities

By Talos Group Today, Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in the VNC implementation used in VMWare’s products that could result in code execution. VMWare implements VNC for its remote management, remote access, and automation purposes in VMWare products including Workstation, Player, and ESXi which share a common VMW VNC code base. The vulnerabilities manifest themselves in […]

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Virus Bulletin Publication And Presentation

By Talos Group Virus Bulletin conference is a well regarded intimate technical conference focused on malware research. It provides a good balance between listening to technical talks and spending time exchanging experiences with colleagues from different companies; all working on the same task of making our computing environments more secure. This past October, Talos participated at the Virus […]

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