TALOS

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  Given the recent tragedies in the U.S., I don’t feel it’s appropriate to open by being nostalgic or trying to be witty — let’s just stick to some security news this week.    The one big... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

Jared Rittle of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw.  Cisco Talos recently discovered eight vulnerabilities in the Open Automation Software Platform that could allow an adversary to carry out a variety of malicious actions, including improperly authenticating into... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 13 and May 20. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  I will openly admit that I still own a “classic” iPod — the giant brick that weighed down my skinny jeans in high school and did nothing except play music. There are dozens of hours of music on there that I... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

News summary Cisco Talos has been monitoring the BlackByte Ransomware Group for several months, infecting victims all over the world, from North America to Colombia, Netherlands, China, Mexico and Vietnam.The FBI released a joint cybersecurity advisory in February 2022 warning about this group,... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw.  Cisco Talos recently discovered four vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA D3D10 driver for graphics cards that could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and write arbitrary memory on the card.  NVIDIA graphics... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

By Nate Pors. Top executives are increasingly dreading the phone call from their fellow employees notifying them that their company has been hit by a cyber attack. Nearly every week in 2021 and early 2022, a prominent organization has been in the media spotlight as their public relations team... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 6 and May 13. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics,... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

Cisco Talos and Cisco Secure are launching a new video series to fill you in on the latest cybersecurity trends. We’re thrilled to launch our first video in the new Talos Threat Update series, which you can watch above or over at this link, where Martin Lee and Hazel Burton talk about wiper... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  Mandatory multi-factor authentication is all the rage nowadays. GitHub just announced that all contributors would have to enroll in MFA by 2023 to log into their accounts. And Google announced as part of... [[ This is only the beginning! Please visit the blog for the complete entry ]]