Cisco Talos

August 9, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

Threat Roundup for August 2 to August 9

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. As...

July 22, 2019

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Let’s Destroy Democracy

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Election security through an adversary’s eyes This post was authored by Matt Olney

July 11, 2019

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Should governments pay extortion payments after a ransomware attack?

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When it comes to ransomware attacks this year, it’s been a tale of three cities. In May, the city of Baltimore suffered a massive ransomware attack that took many of its...

July 2, 2019

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Remote code execution vulnerabilities in Simple DirectMedia Layer

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Simple DirectMedia Layer contains two vulnerabilities that could an attacker to remotely execute code on the victim’s machine. Both bugs are present in the SDL2_image library, which is used for...

June 27, 2019

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Welcome Spelevo: New exploit kit full of old tricks

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Nick Biasini authored this post with contributions from Caitlyn Hammond....

May 24, 2019

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Threat Roundup for May 17 to May 24

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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 17 and May 24. As...

May 23, 2019

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One year later: The VPNFilter catastrophe that wasn’t

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One year ago, Cisco Talos first disclosed the existence of VPNFilter on May 23, 2018. The malware made headlines across the globe, as it was a sophisticated piece of malware...