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On Conveying Doubt
This post was authored by Matt Olney.Typically, Talos has the luxury of time when conducting research. We can carefully draft a report that clearly lays out the evidence and leads the reader to a clear...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Reader DC Parser Confusion
Parser vulnerabilities in common software packages such as Adobe Acrobat Reader pose a significant security risk to large portions of the internet. The fact that these software packages typically have...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday - August 2017
Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month's advisory release addresses 48 new...
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WinDBG and JavaScript Analysis
This blog was authored by Paul Rascagneres.IntroductionJavaScript is frequently used by malware authors to execute malicious code on Windows systems because it is powerful, natively available and...
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When combining exploits for added effect goes wrong
IntroductionSince public disclosure in April 2017, CVE-2017-0199 has been frequently used within malicious Office documents. The vulnerability allows attackers to include Ole2Link objects within RTF...
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Booters with Chinese Characteristics: The Rise of Chinese Online DDoS Platforms
This post was authored by Dave LiebenbergIn the past few months, Talos has observed an uptick in the number of Chinese websites offering online DDoS services. Many of these websites have a nearly...
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Threat Round-up for Aug 11 - Aug 18
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 11 and August 18. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis....
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters Code Execution Bugs
OverviewTalos is disclosing a pair of code execution vulnerabilities in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters. Perceptive Document Filters are a series of libraries that are used to parse massive amounts...
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Beers with Talos EP11 - This is How the World Ends, Not with a Whimper but...
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast Episode 11 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing: www.talosintelligence.com/podcastBeers...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Code Execution Vulnerability in LabVIEW
Vulnerability discovered by Cory Duplantis of Cisco Talos.Update: 9/1/17 - National Instruments has published the following advisoryOverviewLabVIEW is a system design and development platform released...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Gdk-Pixbuf Vulnerabilities
OverviewToday, Talos is disclosing the discovery of two remote code execution vulnerabilities which have been identified in the Gdk-Pixbuf Toolkit. This toolkit used in multiple desktop applications...
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Back to Basics: Worm Defense in the Ransomware Age
This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George SantayanaThe PrequelIn March 2017, Microsoft released a security update for various...
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Threat Round Up for Aug 25 - Sep 1
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 25 and September 1. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis....
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Graftor - But I Never Asked for This…
This post is authored by Holger Unterbrink and Matthew MolyettOverviewFree software often downloaded from large freeware distribution sites is a boon for the internet, providing users with...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Content Security Policy bypass in Microsoft Edge,...
The vulnerabilities were discovered by Nicolai Grødum of Cisco.Today, Talos is releasing details of vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft Edge browser as well as older versions of Google Chrome...
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Another Apache Struts Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
This post authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Alex Chiu.Earlier this week, a critical vulnerability in Apache Struts was publically disclosed in a security advisory. This new...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: TALOS-2017-0430/0431: Multiple Vulnerabilities in...
Vulnerability discovered by Marcin Noga of Cisco TalosOverviewTalos has discovered two remote code execution vulnerabilities in the the FreeXL library. FreeXL is an open source C library to extract...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2017
Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month's advisory release addresses 81 new...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: LibOFX Tag Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability was discovered by Cory Duplantis of TalosOverviewLibOFX is an open source implementation of OFX (Open Financial Exchange) an open format used by financial institutions to share...
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Vulnerability Spotlight: YAML Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities...
Vulnerabilities discovered by Cory Duplantis of Talos.Talos is disclosing the presences of remote code execution vulnerabilities in the processing of Yet Another Markup Language (YAML) content in...
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