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Threat Round-up for June 16 – June 23
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 16 and June 23. As with previous round-ups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics, indicators of compromise, and how our customers are automatically […]
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in InsideSecure MatrixSSL
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These vulnerabilities were discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview MatrixSSL is a TLS/SSL stack offered in the form of a Software Development Kit (SDK) that is geared towards application in Internet of Things (IOT) devices and other embedded systems. It features low resource overhead and supports many different embedded platforms. It also features […]
Player 1 Limps Back Into the Ring – Hello again, Locky!
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This post was authored by Alex Chiu, Warren Mercer, and Jaeson Schultz. Sean Baird and Matthew Molyett contributed to this post. Back in May, the Necurs spam botnet jettisoned Locky ransomware in favor of the new Jaff ransomware variant. However, earlier this month Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability within Jaff which allowed them to create a decryptor. […]
Talos Targets Disinformation with Fake News Challenge Victory
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This post was authored by Sean Baird with contributions by Doug Sibley and Yuxi Pan Executive Summary For the past several months, the problem of “fake news” has been abuzz in news headlines, tweets, and social media posts across the web. With historical roots in information warfare and disinformation, “fake news” is a different kind […]
Delphi Used To Score Against Palestine
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Executive Summary This blog was authored by Paul Rascagneres and Warren Mercer with contributions from Emmanuel Tacheau, Vanja Svajcer and Martin Lee. Talos continuously monitors malicious emails campaigns. We identified one specific spear phishing campaign launched against targets within Palestine, and specifically against Palestinian law enforcement agencies. This campaign started in April 2017, using a […]
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Foscam C1 Vulnerabilities Come in to Focus
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Executive Summary The Foscam C1 is a webcam that is marketed for use in a variety of applications including home security monitoring. As an indoor webcam, it is designed to be set up inside of a building and features the ability to be accessed remotely via a web interface or from within a mobile application. […]
Deep dive in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters Exploitation
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This post authored by Marcin Noga with contributions from Nick Biasini Introduction Talos discovers and releases software vulnerabilities on a regular basis. We don’t always publish a deep technical analysis of how the vulnerability was discovered or its potential impact. This blog will cover these technical aspects including discovery and exploitation. Before we deep dive into […]
Vulnerability Spotlight: EZB Systems UltraISO ISO Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
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Discovered by Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos Today, Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability discovered within the EZB Systems UltraISO ISO disk image creator software. TALOS-2017-0342 (CVE-2017-2840) may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the vulnerable system when a specially crafted ISO image is opened and parsed by the UltraISO […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – June 2017
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Today, Microsoft has release their monthly set of security updates designed to address vulnerabilities. This month’s release addresses 92 vulnerabilities with 17 of them rated critical and 75 rated important. Impacted products include Edge, Internet Explorer, Office, Sharepoint, Skype for Business, Lync, and Windows. Read More >>