May 23, 2019

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Sorpresa! JasperLoader targets Italy with a new bag of tricks

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Nick Biasini and Edmund Brumaghin authored this blog post. Executive summary Over the past few months,...

May 20, 2019

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Recent MuddyWater-associated BlackWater campaign shows signs of new anti-detection techniques

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This blog was authored by Danny Adamitis, David Maynor, and Kendall McKay Executive summary Cisco Talos assesses with moderate confidence that a campaign we recently...

May 6, 2019

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple bugs in several Jenkins plugins

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Jenkins is an open-source automation server written in Java. There are several plugins that exist to integrate Jenkins with other pieces of software, such as GitLab. Today, Cisco Talos is...

May 3, 2019

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Threat Roundup for April 26 to May 3

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Talos lists ten of the most prevalent threats observed between April 26 and May 03, summarizing key behavioral characteristics, and discussing how our customers are automatically protected from these threats.

May 2, 2019

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Qakbot levels up with new obfuscation techniques

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Qakbot, also known as Qbot, is a well-documented banking trojan that has been around since 2008. Recent Qakbot campaigns, however, are utilizing an updated persistence mechanism that can make it...

April 30, 2019

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Sodinokibi Ransomware Exploits WebLogic Server Vulnerability

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Attackers are actively exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic to install a new variant of ransomware called "Sodinokibi," which attempts to encrypt user data and then deletes shadow copy backups to make data recovery more difficult.

April 26, 2019

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Threat Roundup for April 19 to April 26

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Apr. 19 and Apr. 26. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an...

April 25, 2019

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450

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Carl Hurd and Jared Rittle of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Executive summary Several exploitable vulnerabilities exist in the Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450, an LTE gateway designed for distributed enterprise,...

April 25, 2019

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JasperLoader Emerges, Targets Italy with Gootkit Banking Trojan

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Nick Biasini and Edmund Brumaghin authored this blog post with contributions from Andrew Williams. Introduction to JasperLoader Malware loaders are playing an increasingly important role in malware distribution. They give...