Monday, November 16, 2015

Cisco = Detect & Defend?

We see Cisco's new security marketing push; however, that doesn't seem to square with reality currently.  Case in point:

- Excel spreadsheet on the loose with a malicious macro.  Raytheon|Websense File Sandbox Report here.

- The downloader, per the above report, attempts to pull another exe via HTTP in Finland:


- However, the site in question is currently listed with a "neutral" web reputation.  In other words, your users are going there if you are protected by a Cisco IronPort Web Gateway:


In summary, you may ask what the AV Detection Rate for the initial part of the attack (Excel File) is? Not good... only 3 of 54 AV Companies are currently detecting/protecting:


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