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February 18, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

JavaScript bridge makes malware analysis with WinDbg easier

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As malware researchers, we spend several days a week debugging malware in order to learn more about it. For that, we have several powerful and popular user mode tools to...

January 28, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple WIBU SYSTEMS WubiKey vulnerabilities

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Marcin "Icewall" Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Executive Summary Cisco Talos discovered two vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution and memory disclosure at the kernel level...

October 25, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

Vulnerability Spotlight: TALOS-2018-0635/0636 – Sophos HitmanPro.Alert memory disclosure and code execution vulner …

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Overview Cisco Talos is disclosing two vulnerabilities in Sophos HitmanPro.Alert, a malware detection and protection tool. Both vulnerabilities lie in the input/output control (IOCTL) message handler. One could allow an...

April 23, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

Cryptomining Campaign Returns Coal and Not Diamond

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Soon after a launch of a new cryptocurrency, Bitvote, in January, Talos discovered a new mining campaign affecting systems in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and several other countries that was tied...