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Andrew Tsonchev

Outreach
TALOS

Andrew is a researcher with the TALOS Outreach team. He is based in London, UK. In this role he is responsible for identifying threats facing Cisco's customers, researching these threats, and communicating the findings externally.

Andrew's background is originally in physics and he has a BA from Oxford University. After completing his physics undergraduate he decided to focus on the intersection of physics and philosophy, and completed a philosophy degree at King's College London. After leaving university he changed direction and decided to pursue a career in cyber security.

Andrew Tsonchev's Articles

  • Security

    RIG Exploit Kit Strikes Oil

    June 5, 2014 - 1 Comment

    This post was co-authored by Levi Gundert with contributions from Emmanuel Tacheau and Joel Esler. In the last month we have observed high levels of traffic consistent with the new

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  • Security

    New Fake UPS Malware Email Campaign

    November 6, 2013 - 0 Comments

    We have detected evidence of a malware distribution campaign using messages masquerading as UPS delivery notification emails. These campaigns attempt to deceive the targets into thinking they are receiving mail

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