Cisco Talos
Talos Vulnerability Discovery Year in Review — 2020
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Cisco Talos' Systems Vulnerability Research Team discovered 231 vulnerabilities this year across a wide range of products. And thanks to our vendor partners, these vulnerabilities were patched and published before any attackers could exploit them. Mitigating possible zero-day breeches in your defenses is the easiest and fastest way to prevent wide-ranging and business-critical cyber attacks.
Threat Roundup for December 11 to December 18
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between December 11 and December 18. 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 […]
Talos Tools of the Trade
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If you’re looking for something to keep you busy while we’re all stuck inside during the holidays, Cisco Talos has a few tools for you you can play with in the coming days and weeks. We recently updated GhIDA to work with the latest version of IDA and we are releasing new features for the […]
Security Stories review of the year, with Fareedah Shaheed and Ben Munroe
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We review the most impactful security events of 2020, and welcome our guest Fareedah Shaheed. As well as being a well renowned security expert and entrepreneur, Fareedah has just been named on Forbes’ list of 30 under 30 for those who are making waves in enterprise technology.
Threat Roundup for December 4 to December 11
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between December 4 and December 11. 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 […]
FireEye Breach Detection Guidance
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Cyber security firm FireEye recently disclosed an incident that was reported to have resulted in the inadvertent disclosure of various internally developed offensive security tools (OSTs) that were used across FireEye red-team engagements. Some of these tools appear to be based on well-known offensive frameworks like Cobalt Strike. This is even evident in the naming […]
Threat Roundup for November 27 to December 4
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between November 27 and December 4. 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 automatically […]
Threat Roundup for November 13 to November 20
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between November 13 and November 20. 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 automatically […]
Back from vacation: Analyzing Emotet’s activity in 2020
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By Nick Biasini, Edmund Brumaghin, and Jaeson Schultz. Emotet is one of the most heavily distributed malware families today. Cisco Talos observes large quantities of Emotet emails being sent to individuals and organizations around the world on an almost daily basis. These emails are typically sent automatically by previously infected systems attempting to infect […]