Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 17, 2022): Hot off the press! The Snort 2023...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.It's everyone’s favorite time of year again and no, I don’t mean the impending holidays. The Snort 2023 calendar is finally here, and...
View ArticleThreat Round up for November 11 to 18
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 11 and Nov. 18. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead,...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Callback Technologies CBFS Filter denial-of-service...
Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities.Cisco Talos recently discovered three denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Callback Technologies CBFS Filter.Callback Technologies has a...
View ArticleResearcher Spotlight: How working for Talos started out as an ‘accident’ for...
Talos’ lead of data strategy and insights has a lot of weight on her shoulders currently, but it’s nothing she’s not used toMost people who first meet Ashlee Benge do a double take when they hear about...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Lansweeper directory traversal and cross-site...
Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities.Cisco Talos recently discovered several directory traversal and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Lansweeper.Lansweeper is an...
View ArticleProtecting major events: an incident response blueprint
The cyber security of major events, whether they are related to sports, professional conferences, expos or other events can be a time-consuming, complex undertaking. It necessitates a multifaceted...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: NVIDIA driver memory corruption vulnerabilities...
Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities.Cisco Talos recently discovered two memory corruption vulnerabilities in shader functionality of an NVIDIA driver.NVIDIA Graphics drivers are...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Memory corruption vulnerability discovered in PowerISO
Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability.Cisco Talos recently discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in PowerISO.TALOS-2022-1644 (CVE-2022-41992) is a memory corruption...
View ArticleBreaking the silence - Recent Truebot activity
Since August 2022, we have seen an increase in infections of Truebot (aka Silence.Downloader) malware. Truebot was first identified in 2017 and researchers have linked it to a threat actor called...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Dec. 8, 2022): Your uncle clicked every link
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.As we hurtle toward the end of another year I get that tightness in my chest – that feeling that I think most, if not all, Threat Source...
View ArticleThreat Round up for December 2 to December 9
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this...
View ArticleVulnerability Spotlight: Denial-of-service vulnerability discovered in VMWare...
Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability.Cisco Talos recently discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMWare vCenter Server.VMware vCenter Server is a platform that...
View ArticleMicrosoft Patch Tuesday for December 2022 — Snort rules and prominent...
Microsoft released its monthly security update on Tuesday, disclosing 48 vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerabilities, 6 are classified as “Critical”, 41 are classified as “Important”, with the remaining...
View ArticleHTML smugglers turn to SVG images
HTML smuggling is a technique attackers use to hide an encoded malicious script within an HTML email attachment or webpage.Once a victim receives the email and opens the attachment, their browser...
View ArticleTalos Year in Review 2022
This report represents an unprecedented effort within Cisco to tell a comprehensive story of our work in the past year, relying on a wide variety of data and expertise.Download the ReportAs a large...
View ArticleBeers with Talos Ep. 129: Talos Year in Review 2022 w/ Dave Liebenberg
With this episode, we set out to discuss the premiere of the Talos Year in Review report - a look back at the major threats, trends, and topics from 2022 and what we should take forward into 2023....
View Article2022 Year in Review Livestream
Did you miss our livestream focused on the Ukraine topics presented in the Cisco Talos Year in Review report? Join host Hazel Burton and special guests Kendall McKay, Nick Randolph, and Vanja Svajcer...
View ArticleUkraine Topic Summary Report: Cisco Talos Year in Review 2022
Talos’ ongoing support for Ukraine has been a large focus of our operational efforts this year. Driven by our core mission of protecting the Ukrainian people and infrastructure, Talos launched a task...
View ArticleThreat Source newsletter (Dec. 15, 2022): Talos Year in Review is here
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and I’m not talking about the holidays. The inaugural 2022 Talos Year in Review is here! And...
View ArticleTalos Takes Ep. 122: Year in Review & Ukraine Activities
In this episode of Talos Takes we are joined by Kendall McKay to discuss the recently released year in review report and dig deep on our activities in Ukraine. The year in review covers a vast amount...
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