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How Do I Protect My Organisation from Exploit Kits?

Most network architects I’ve worked with seem quite familiar with botnets, but exploit kits (EKs) are somewhat of a mystery. I’ve recently come across a couple of good papers explaining the topic, one from CERT-UK titled ‘Demystifying the exploit kit’, available at the following URL: https://www.cert.gov.uk/resources/best-practices/demystifying-the-exploit-kit/ And ‘Evolution of Exploit Kits’ from Trend Micro: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-evolution-of-exploit-kits.pdf […]

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How Do I Protect My Organisation from Exploit Kits?

Most network architects I’ve worked with seem quite familiar with botnets, but exploit kits (EKs) are somewhat of a mystery. I’ve recently come across a couple of good papers explaining the topic, one from CERT-UK titled ‘Demystifying the exploit kit’, available at the following URL: https://www.cert.gov.uk/resources/best-practices/demystifying-the-exploit-kit/ And ‘Evolution of Exploit Kits’ from Trend Micro: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-evolution-of-exploit-kits.pdf […]

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My Experiences With Cisco’s VIRL

Since it has been out for more than a year, and has been developed and improved tremendously during that time, I decided to finally take the plunge and buy a year’s subscription to the Cisco VIRL software. Part 1: Comparing and Tweaking VIRL Until now, I have been using any combination of real hardware, CSR1000Vs, and IOL […]

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My Experiences With Cisco’s VIRL

Since it has been out for more than a year, and has been developed and improved tremendously during that time, I decided to finally take the plunge and buy a year’s subscription to the Cisco VIRL software. Part 1: Comparing and Tweaking VIRL Until now, I have been using any combination of real hardware, CSR1000Vs, and IOL […]

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Datacenter Vanity

I’ve been noticing a trend recently in enterprise networking where managers and engineers alike are more concerned (obsessed) with the physical appearance of their rack, wires, and network equipment than they are with the actual pragmatic design and stability of said network. Approx Reading Time: 3-5 Minutes A Little is Good Now a certain amount […]

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Datacenter Vanity

I’ve been noticing a trend recently in enterprise networking where managers and engineers alike are more concerned (obsessed) with the physical appearance of their rack, wires, and network equipment than they are with the actual pragmatic design and stability of said network. Approx Reading Time: 3-5 Minutes A Little is Good Now a certain amount […]

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