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Jul 27 2009   11:26AM GMT

Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report is out

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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According to the Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report , the Conficker worm is still active and affecting thousands of Systems daily.  Just to recap the Conficker worm began infecting the Systems in late 2008 and still an active worm.

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 Cisco Systems released the Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report on 14^th of July 2009 and the report highlights some of the most common technical and business strategies that Internet  criminals used to breach corporate networks compromise Web sites and steal personnel information.

The highlights of the Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report is as follows

• The Conficker worm, which began infecting computer systems late last year by exploiting a Windows operating system vulnerability, continues to spread. Several million computer systems were under Conficker’s control as of June 2009.
• Online criminals are up on current events and making the most of them. After the outbreak of H1N1 influenza (”swine flu”) in April, cybercriminals quickly blanketed the Web with spam that advertised preventive drugs and linked to fake pharmacies. Cybercriminals will often seize on major news events to launch this type of attack.  While many spammers continue to operate with extremely high volumes, some are opting for lower-volume but more frequent attacks in an effort to remain under the radar.
• President Barack Obama has made strengthening U.S. cybersecurity a high priority for his administration and looks to work with the international community and the private sector to leverage technology innovations to reduce cybercrime. This focus is expected to have a significant positive impact for the industry in the coming months. John N. Stewart, Cisco’s chief security officer and a contributor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report for the Obama administration, provided additional insight in a recent blog and video blog post.

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Mar 29 2009   5:14AM GMT

Cisco brings security to life with animated characters -Watch Second Eposide

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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Dear friends in my post on March 9^th I was talking about the ‘The Realm.”, now the second episode is available you can watch this and just relax watching the latest security threats in the animated format.

Mar 9 2009   6:31AM GMT

Cisco brings security to life with animated characters

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco, comics, Terminator, The Realm, online comic, Botnets, Malware, SPAM, intruders, Cisco animation, Cisco Comics, cisco engineers

Cisco has appointed a select group of Cisco Engineers to develop a state-of-the-art security force. ‘The Realm.” growing beyond the systems in which they were created into a group of powerful defenders. Forming a unified league of security, the defenders battle Botnets, Malware, Spam and Intruders in the Realm, assuring the safety and security of every citizen on the human network.

‘The Realm.”is an online comic that animates the pane flow and adds voice narration. Creatively it’s an engaging experience, not as complete as a full scale animation but more alive that just a flat 2D image.

Visit http://www.cisco.com/go/realm to learn more.

Dec 24 2008   12:07PM GMT

90% of email is spam according to Cisco Annual Security report 2008

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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According to the Cisco Annual Security Report 2008, Spam accounts nearly 200 billion messages per day or approximately 90% of all email worldwide. 

The report highlights the security threats and trends; the most disturbing fact is more online criminals are using real email accounts with legitimate web mail providers to bombard the emails with spam. This method, known as ‘reputation hijacking’, makes spam harder to detect and block.

According to Cisco estimates, spam resulting from email reputation hijacking of the top three web mail providers accounted for less than 1% of all spam worldwide, but made up 7.6% of the providers’ mail traffic.

Additionally, researchers have seen a 90% growth in threats originating from legitimate domains, doubling 2007 figures. For rest of the story please check the article published by ITP Middle East.