Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday took the wraps off a multi-stage espionage campaign targeting high-ranking government officials overseeing national security policy and individuals in the defense industry in Western Asia. The attack is unique as it leverages Microsoft OneDrive as a command-and-control (C2) server and is split into as many as six stages to stay as hidden as … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploited MSHTML Flaw to Spy on Government and Defense Targets
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Securing Multicloud Environments with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
In today’s security climate, NetOps and SecOps teams are witnessing increased attack surface area as applications and workloads move far beyond the boundaries of their data center. These applications/workloads move to, and reside in, multicloud architecture, adding complexity to connectivity, visibility, and control. In the multicloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed … [Read more...] about Securing Multicloud Environments with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
Growing Ransomware Dangers Demand Layered Defense of Your Endpoints
Ransomware is more dangerous than ever before. Why? It’s partly because successful attacks don’t just affect the victim anymore. Ransomware actors are looking to profit from successful attacks as much as possible. Per Threatpost, malicious actors are turning to customers, partners, and other third parties who are related to the initial victim. Sometimes, they’re targeting those … [Read more...] about Growing Ransomware Dangers Demand Layered Defense of Your Endpoints
Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Cyberattacks hit businesses every day. Ransomware is especially problematic, with the number of successful ransomware attacks increasing Year Over Year (YoY). Clearly, organizations need to defend against ransomware if they are going to avoid its costly damages. Cisco Secure Endpoint protects against cyberattacks with a cloud-delivered, single agent solution. It is the only … [Read more...] about Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Growing Ransomware Danger Demands Layered Defense of Your Endpoints
Ransomware is more dangerous than ever before. Why? It’s partly because successful attacks don’t just affect the victim anymore. Take the Colonial Pipeline attack as an example. As reported by Reuters, the ransomware infection didn’t just disrupt the flow of fuel to cities directly served by the Colonial Pipeline. It also caused panic buying of gasoline in cities like Miami and … [Read more...] about Growing Ransomware Danger Demands Layered Defense of Your Endpoints
Beef up your ransomware defense with Cisco Secure Choice
Ransomware. Certainly not a new form of cybercrime, but one that has dominated mainstream headlines in recent months. High-profile cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and sectors in the global economy, such as government agencies, a major U.S. fuel pipeline, and one of the world’s largest meat processing plants have put a giant spotlight on ransomware. Ransomware has … [Read more...] about Beef up your ransomware defense with Cisco Secure Choice
Top Tips for Ransomware Defense
Ransomware is wreaking havoc. What can we do? Ransomware is making its way outside the cybersecurity space. It’s popping up everywhere from the nightly news to the G7 Summit. Indeed ransomware has entered the mainstream as threat actors increasingly focus their attention on critical infrastructure providers that can’t afford any downtime or disruption from a cyber incident – … [Read more...] about Top Tips for Ransomware Defense
Secure and Save with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Simultaneously secure and save with new 7.0 features and subscription models Organizations rely on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly FTDv/NGFWv), Cisco’s proven network firewall with IPS, URL filtering, and malware defense that protects virtualized environments in private and public clouds. In addition to the improved IPS performance with Snort 3 and the … [Read more...] about Secure and Save with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
Cisco Supports Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual on Nutanix AHV
Your network infrastructure stack is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Some people prefer only peanut butter, some only jelly, but most people prefer a little bit of both. In today’s multi-cloud and application environments, most would say they prefer a hybrid cloud infrastructure, the perfect balance of resources in public and private cloud, giving your organization the … [Read more...] about Cisco Supports Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual on Nutanix AHV
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual now supported on Cisco HyperFlex
With today’s multi-cloud and modern application environments, security is more complex than ever before. With the Cisco Secure platform approach, we are helping you take steps to achieve radically simplified security across your organization. Today, we are driving simplified security to your hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), delivering support for Cisco Secure Firewall … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual now supported on Cisco HyperFlex