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DNSpionage Campaign Targets Middle East
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DNSpionage Campaign Targets Middle East This blog post was authored by Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Executive Summary Cisco Talos recently discovered a new campaign targeting Lebanon and the United...
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple remote vulnerabilities in TP-Link TL-R600VPN
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Cisco Talos is disclosing multiple vulnerabilities in the TP-Link TL-R600VPN router. TP-Link produces a number of different types of small and home office (SOHO) routers. Talos discovered several bugs in...
Threat Roundup for November 9 to November 16
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 09 and Nov. 16. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an...
Threat Roundup for November 2 to November 9
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Nov. 02 and Nov. 09. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an...
Metamorfo Banking Trojan Keeps Its Sights on Brazil
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Cisco Talos recently identified two ongoing malware distribution campaigns being used to infect victims with banking trojans, specifically financial institutions' customers in Brazil.
CyberVets U.S.A.: The Mission After Transition
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Christopher Marshall, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, currently serves as Director of Cybersecurity Research for Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. As a veteran of the U.S....
Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
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State-sponsored actors have a number of different techniques at their disposal to remotely gain access to social media and secure messaging applications. Starting in 2017 and continuing through 2018, Cisco...
Threat Roundup for October 26 to November 2
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Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Oct. 26 and Nov....
Talos Vulnerability Deep Dive – TALOS-2018-0636 / CVE-2018-3971 Sophos HitmanPro.Alert vulnerability
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Overview After disclosing two vulnerabilities in Sophos HitmanPro.Alert on Thursday, Cisco Talos will show you the process of developing an exploit for one of these bugs. We will take...