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Talos Security Intelligence & Research Group

The Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group (Talos) is made up of leading threat researchers supported by sophisticated systems to create threat intelligence for Cisco products that detects, analyzes and protects against both known and emerging threats. Talos maintains the official rule sets of Snort.org, ClamAV, SenderBase.org and SpamCop. This blog profile is managed by multiple authors with expertise that spans software development, reverse engineering, vulnerability triage, malware investigation and intelligence gathering.

Talos is the primary team that contributes threat information to the Cisco Collective Security Intelligence (CSI) ecosystem. Cisco CSI is shared across multiple security solutions and provides industry-leading security protections and efficacy. In addition to threat researchers, CSI is driven by intelligence infrastructure, product and service telemetry, public and private feeds and the open source community.

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March 26, 2021

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Threat Roundup for March 19 to March 26

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 19 and March 26. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats.

March 19, 2021

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Threat Roundup for March 12 to March 19

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 12 and March 19. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats.

March 12, 2021

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Threat Roundup for March 5 to March 12

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 5 and March 12. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats.

March 5, 2021

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Threat Roundup for February 26 to March 5

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between February 26 and March 5. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats.

February 26, 2021

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Threat Roundup for February 19 to February 26

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between February 19 and February 26. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]

February 19, 2021

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Threat Roundup for February 12 to February 19

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between February 12 and February 19. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]

February 12, 2021

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Threat Roundup for February 5 to February 12

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between February 5 and February 12. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]

January 29, 2021

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Threat Roundup for January 22 to January 29

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between January 22 and January 29. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]

January 22, 2021

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Threat Roundup for January 15 to January 22

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between January 15 and January 22. 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, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]