Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products. This month’s release sees a total of 14 bulletins being released which address 45 CVEs. The first 5 bulletins
This post was authored by Nick Biasini and edited by Joel Esler Overview Over the last several months Talos researchers have been monitoring a massive exploit kit campaign that is utilizing hijacked registrant accounts to create large amounts of
If you’re an experienced malware reverse engineer, exploit developer, response specialist, intel analyst, or looking to start your career in security, Talos might be the place for you. We have a number of positions open in Columbia, Maryland; Austin
This post was authored by Earl Carter and Nick Randolph. Threat actors are continually evolving their techniques. One of the latest Graftor variants is delivering a Malware DLL via a PNG file delivery mechanism. Graftor basically indicates some type
This post was authored by Earl Carter and Craig Williams. With the April 15th US tax deadline only about 2 months away, a new wave of tax related phishing is underway. In this latest spear-phishing campaign, attackers are attempting to gain access to
Cisco Talos is aware of the public discourse surrounding the malware family dubbed “The Equation Family”. As of February 17th the following rules (33543 – 33546 MALWARE-CNC Win.Trojan.Equation) were released to detect the Equation Family
This post was authored by Fred Concklin, William Largent, Martin
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for February 2015 has arrived. This month’s round of security updates is large with Microsoft releasing 9 bulletins addressing 56 CVEs. 3 of the bulletins are rated critical and address vulnerabilities within Internet
This post was authored by Andrea Allievi & Earl Carter Ransomware continues to impact a large number of organizations and the malware continues to evolve. In January, we examined Cryptowall 2.0 and highlighted new features incorporated into the
