Vulnerability Spotlight: Two vulnerabilities in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA
Yuri Kramarz of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered two vulnerabilities in the Advantech WebAccess/SCADA software package. An adversary could...
View ArticleMasslogger campaigns exfiltrates user credentials
By Vanja Svajcer. News summary As protection techniques develop, attackers are finding it harder to successfully attack their targets and must find creative ways to succeed. Cisco Talos recently...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Feb. 18, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Whether you want to read Talos’ research or listen to it, we’ve got plenty of options for you this week. Beers with Talos hit its...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for February 12 to February 19
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 12 and Feb. 19. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleGamaredon - When nation states don’t pay all the bills
By Warren Mercer and Vitor Ventura. Gamaredon is a threat actor, active since at least 2013, that has long been associated with pro-Russian activities in several reports throughout the years. It is...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Slic3r could...
Lilith >_> of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Slic3r's library. Slic3r is an open-source 3-D...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. #101: Is security the career you really want?
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 101 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:Apple Podcasts Google PodcastsSpotify StitcherIf iTunes and Google Play...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Feb. 25, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We all think of APTs as these wide-reaching, silent threat groups who are backed by a nation-state. But our recent research into...
View ArticleTalos Takes Ep. #42: Seriously folks, save your logs
The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. When Pierre Cadieux steps into a Cisco...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for February 19 to February 26
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 19 and Feb. 26. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleObliqueRAT returns with new campaign using hijacked websites
By Asheer Malhotra. Cisco Talos has observed another malware campaign that utilizes malicious Microsoft Office documents (maldocs) to spread the remote access trojan (RAT) ObliqueRAT. This campaign...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Memory corruption vulnerability in Accusoft ImageGear
Emmanuel Tacheau discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Accusoft ImageGear contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to corrupt the software's memory, potentially allowing them...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Password reset vulnerability in Epignosis eFront
Richard Dean, CX security advisory, EMEAR, discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Epignosis eFront contains a vulnerability that could allow an adversary to reset the password of any...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Remote code execution vulnerability in WebKit...
Marcin “Icewall” Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. The WebKit browser engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability in its WebAudio API interface. A...
View ArticleThreat Advisory: HAFNIUM and Microsoft Exchange zero-day
Microsoft released patches for four vulnerabilities in Exchange Server on March 2, disclosing that these vulnerabilities were being exploited by a previously unknown threat actor, referred to as...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (March 4, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Of course, we will start things off talking about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this week. Microsoft said in a statement...
View ArticleTalos Takes Ep. #43: What you should know about the Microsoft Exchange Server...
The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. We put this episode together quickly this...
View ArticleThreat Roundup for February 26 to March 5
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 26 and March 5. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleDomain dumpster diving
By Jaeson Schultz. Dumpster diving — searching through the trash looking for items of value — has long been a staple of hacking culture. In the 1995 movie "Hackers," Acid Burn and Crash Override are...
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday for March 2021 — Snort rules and prominent...
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Nick Biasini. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 89 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, the most in any month so far...
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