Cisco Talos
Threat protection: The WastedLocker ransomware
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What is WastedLocker and how do Cisco Security technologies stop it? In this blog, we walk through the infection process, alongside points where our technologies can detect and block the threat.
Threat Roundup for August 21 to August 27
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between August 21 and August 27. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]
Threat Roundup for August 14 to August 21
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between August 14 and August 21. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]
Threat Roundup for August 7 to August 14
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between August 7 and August 14. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]
Threat Roundup for July 24 to July 31
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between July 24 and July 31. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]
Cisco SecureX – What’s driving our platform?
5 min read
Along with the launch of Cisco SecureX came several new capabilities that help future-proof our platform. Learn about the latest innovations powering our integrated security approach.
Adversarial use of current events as lures
1 min read
By Nick Biasini. The goal of malicious activity is to compromise the system to install some unauthorized software. Increasingly that goal is tied to one thing: the user. Over the past several years, we as an industry improved exploit mitigation and the value of working exploits has increased accordingly. Together, these changes have had an […]
Threat Roundup for July 17 to July 24
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between July 17 and July 24. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics, indicators of compromise, and discussing how our customers are […]
Prometei botnet and its quest for Monero
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Attackers are constantly reinventing ways of monetizing their tools. Cisco Talos recently discovered a complex campaign employing a multi-modular botnet with multiple ways to spread and a payload focused on providing financial benefits for the attacker by mining the Monero online currency. The actor employs various methods to spread across the network, like SMB with […]
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