February 2016 News and Updates
What's New Hacker Playdate - The Q1 2016 Hacker Playdate, despite some weather concerns, was a huge success. Many thanks again to our sponsors and participants Cisco ASA Vulnerabilit - A vulnerability in Cisco ASAs (firewalls) was disclosed last week that could allow a remote attacker full access to an affected Cisco ASA. Scans for vulnerable devices have been very aggressive since the disclosure Cisco, to my knowledge, has not released an update to patch the hole. Some sites have reportedly disabled host-to-site IPSec VPNs as a result. Additional information is available at SANS here. DMA Locker - We have reported on ransomeware (I believe that this was our first article on it back in 2013) and it looks like the genre has experienced another evolution. This latest variant encrypts…