SCADA networks have been targeted by the Stuxnet malware that exploits a 0-day Windows vulnerability, as well as a hard-coded database password. The details of this issue paint a picture of security controls new and old, and give some hints about how we might...

Today we released the Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report, a report that provides a high level and thought provoking discussion of the technological, economic, and demographic shifts bearing down on IT security.  As you’ll see in the report, the first half of 2010 has been a...

Credit card thieves have taken their efforts to collect card information to the next level, as shown in recent reports of card skimming devices that have been uncovered in Utah and Florida. In the past, ATM machines were targeted, causing banks to increase the security around...