Threat Roundup for April 3 to April 10
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 3 and April 10. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleQuarterly Report: Incident Response trends in Spring 2020
By David Liebenberg. Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) engagements continue to be dominated by ransomware and commodity trojans. As alluded to in last quarter’s report, ransomware actors have begun...
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday — April 2020: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort...
By Jon Munshaw. Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing vulnerabilities across many of its products and releasing corresponding updates. This month's Patch Tuesday covers 115...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft...
Marcin “Icewall” Noga of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Microsoft Media Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an attacker to...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #77: Quittin’ Time, Vol. 1 — Tigers and tales of the...
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 77 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 3, 2020...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter for April 16, 2020
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. It’s what — week 5 of this quarantine in...
View ArticlePoetRAT: Python RAT uses COVID-19 lures to target Azerbaijan public and...
By Warren Mercer, Paul Rascagneres and Vitor Ventura. News summaryAzerbaijan government and energy sector likely targeted by an unknown actor.From the energy sector, the actor demonstrates interest in...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for April 10 to April 17
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 10 and April 17. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Zoom Communications user enumeration
Video conferencing and calling software has spiked in popularity as individuals across the globe are forced to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are a plethora of players in this space,...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #78: Fingerprints and hunting parties
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 78 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 10, 2020...
View ArticleTalos Incident Response announces new, lower price through July 25
Today’s world looks very different than three months ago. More people work remotely than ever before. IT teams work around the clock to expand capacity and new software and services are being deployed...
View ArticleThreat Spotlight: MedusaLocker
By Edmund Brumaghin, with contributions from Amit Raut. Overview MedusaLocker is a ransomware family that has been observed being deployed since its discovery in 2019. Since its introduction to the...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter for April 23, 2020
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. There’s a new Beers with Talos podcast...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for April 17 to April 24
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 17 and April 24. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleUpgraded Aggah malspam campaign delivers multiple RATs
By Asheer Malhotra Cisco Talos has observed an upgraded version of a malspam campaign known to distribute multiple remote access trojans (RATs).The infection chain utilized in the attacks is highly...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #79: The In-Between vol. 2 (It's a better name than...
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 79 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded April 22, 2020...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter for April 30, 2020
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Our newest research post focuses on the...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for April 24 to May 1
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 24 and May 1. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Multiple code execution vulnerabilities in Accusoft...
Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered four code execution vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear. The ImageGear library...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Code execution vulnerability in 3S CODESYS
Carl Hurd of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered an exploitable code execution vulnerability in 3S’ CODESYS Control SoftPLC runtime...
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