Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Dec. 2019: 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 25...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Two vulnerabilities in RDP for Windows 7, XP
A Cisco Talos researcher discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Cisco Talos recently discovered two issues in two implementations of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services: a denial-of-service...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Information leak vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Cisco Talos recently discovered an information leak vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. An attacker could...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Linux kernel,...
Mitchell Frank and Mark Leonard of Cisco discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Cisco Talos recently discovered two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in the open-source program W1.fi....
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Kakadu Software SDK ATK marker code execution...
Aleksandar Nikolic and Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Kakadu Software’s SDK contains an exploitable heap overflow. Kakadu serves as a framework for...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Apple Safari SVG marker element baseVal remote code...
Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Apple’s Safari web browser is open to a remote code execution vulnerability via its SVG marker element feature inside...
View ArticleTalos Vulnerability Discovery Year in Review — 2019
By Martin Zeiser.Cisco Talos' Systems Security Research Team investigates software, operating system, IoT and ICS vulnerabilities to make sure we find vulnerabilities before the bad guys do.We provide...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Dec. 12, 2019)
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.We’re entering our Year in Review period....
View ArticleThreat Roundup for December 6 to December 13
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Dec. 6 and Dec. 13. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO PFC200
Kelly Leuschner of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw.The WAGO PFC200 and PFC100 controllers contain multiple exploitable vulnerabilities. The PFC200 is one of WAGO’s...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #68: Takes from Talos on IoT (and the NEW “Talos Takes”...
By Mitch Neff.Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 68 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here.Recorded...
View ArticleIncident Response lessons from recent Maze ransomware attacks
By JJ Cummings and Dave LiebenbergThis year, we have been flooded with reports of targeted ransomware attacks. Whether it's a city, hospital, large- or medium-sized enterprise — they are all being...
View ArticleNew Talos Takes podcast puts Talos' spin on the latest cyber news
By Jon Munshaw.Today, Cisco Talos' podcast network is growing with a new show.Talos Takes is a new podcast that provides Talos analysts' and researchers' opinions and expertise on the hottest topics in...
View Article2019: The year in malware
By Jon Munshaw.From ransomware attacks to DNS deception, attackers were just as active as ever in 2019.This year saw a number of big-name malware families come onto the scene, including Sea Turtle, one...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Dec. 19, 2019)
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.We have an early holiday present for you!...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for December 13 to December 20
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Dec. 13 and Dec. 20. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleCisco ASA DoS bug attacked in wild
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View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in OpenCV
Dave McDaniel of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities.Cisco Talos recently discovered two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the OpenCV libraries. An attacker could potentially exploit these...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #69: 2019 Threat Recap - RATs, Turtles, and Worms, Oh My!
By Mitch Neff.Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 69 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here.Recorded...
View ArticleContinued Escalation of Tensions in the Middle East
Cisco Talos works with many organizations around the world, monitoring and protecting against sophisticated threats every day. As such, we are watching the current state of events in the Middle East...
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