Today’s attackers deploy complex and clever threats that are difficult to combat with just one method of defense. In some cases, defenders must go beyond tools for detecting attacks and devise a different approach for obstructing our adversaries’ ability to operate.
As detailed in the Cisco 2016 Annual Security Report, recent collaborative efforts between Cisco, Limestone Networks, and Level 3 Threat Research Labs have weakened the impact of two threats: the distribution of the Angler exploit kit, and the rapid growth of one of the Internet’s largest DDoS weapons built out by SSHPsychos.
