The vulnerability of the DLL component of Cisco AMP’s security tools for end devices allows a malicious actor to disable the security services and system scanning functions.

The vulnerability of the DLL component used by Cisco AMP’s security tools for end devices relates to resource management errors. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to remotely disable security services and system scanning services using a specially crafted DLL file...

The vulnerability of Cisco Immunet and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection’s scanning components allows attackers to disable the scanning service.

The vulnerability of Cisco Immunet and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection scanning components is related to an uncontrolled consumption of resources. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a hacker to disable the scanning service using a specially crafted file...

Flaws in Evaluating Security Tools for Linux

Carbon Black recently published a report on the challenges of securing Linux-based operating systems and how Carbon Black is redesigning the approach. For more information about how the Cb Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's consolidated endpoint security platform, helps enterprises cut cos...

CVE-2018-15452

A vulnerability in the DLL loading component of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints on Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to disable system scanning services or take other actions to prevent detection of unauthorized intrusions. To exploit this vulnerability, the...

CVE-2018-15452: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

A vulnerability in the DLL loading component of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints on Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to disable system scanning services or take other actions to prevent detection of unauthorized intrusions. To exploit this vulnerability, the...

Akamai Identified As A Strong Performer Among Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Providers By Independent Research Firm

We are pleased to share that today Akamai has been cited as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended Ecosystem Providers, Q4 2018 evaluation. In the report, Forrester evaluated how each vendor's portfolio maps and delivers on specific components of the ZTX framework. Akamai...

CVE-2018-15437: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

A vulnerability in the system scanning component of Cisco Immunet and Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints running on Microsoft Windows could allow a local attacker to disable the scanning functionality of the product. This could allow executable files to be launched on the system...

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints DLL Preload Vulnerability

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints for Windows is a Windows-based endpoint security solution from Cisco. The product mainly has advanced threat prevention, monitoring and response features. A security vulnerability exists in the DLL loading component of Cisco AMP for Endpoints fo...

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints on Windows DLL Preloading Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the DLL loading component of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints on Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to disable system scanning services or take other actions to prevent detection of unauthorized intrusions. To exploit this vulnerability, the...

Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox

Windows Defender Antivirus has hit a new milestone: the built-in antivirus capabilities on Windows can now run within a sandbox. With this new development, Windows Defender Antivirus becomes the first complete antivirus solution to have this capability and continues to lead the industry in raisin...

Top 10 security steps in Microsoft 365 that political campaigns can take today

The increasing frequency of cyberattacks make clear that more must be done to protect key democratic institutions from cyber-enabled interference. Withjust a fewweeks left before theU.S.midtermelections and early voting under way,campaignsmust stay vigilant in protecting against cyberattacks to...

This Week in Security News: Banks and Botnets

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the FBI warned U.S. banks of a wide-scale cybercrime campaign called “ATM cash-out,” in which hackers use cloned ATM cards for fraudulent...

AV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mobile Users

With the introduction of Android v8.0 Android Oreo in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later. Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33379: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58752 First Published: 2018 August 15 13:45 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33379 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33375: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58751 First Published: 2018 August 15 13:45 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33375 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33368: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58746 First Published: 2018 August 15 13:21 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33368 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33323: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58724 First Published: 2018 August 15 13:20 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33323 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33365: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58743 First Published: 2018 August 15 13:01 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33365 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33360: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58741 First Published: 2018 August 15 12:48 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33360 may contain the following files: Name |...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33326: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 13, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58726 First Published: 2018 August 15 12:27 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33326 may contain the following files: Name |...