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Persian Stalker pillages Iranian users of Instagram and Telegram
Threat Research
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…
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Tales from the Crypt-omines: A spooky tech-tale for Halloween
Government
In the world of government IT, ghosts and goblins often take a different form: destructive malware. Enjoy a spine-tingling story of tech-terror , “Tales from the Crypt-omines”
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Threat Roundup for Sept 14 – 21
Threat ResearchToday, 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 Sept. 14 and 21….
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In Pursuit of Invisibility: Fileless Malware
Security
A recent survey asked whether people would prefer to the ability to fly or to be invisible. Silly question, but why they chose what they did provided unique insights.
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The big myth about security patch management
Government
There’s a big myth out there about patching. Is it an easy fix? The truth is, effective security patch management for your network can be difficult. Is your network secure?
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My Little FormBook
Threat ResearchCisco Talos has been tracking a new campaign involving the FormBook malware since May 2018 that utilizes four different malicious documents in a single phishing email. FormBook is an inexpensive…
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NavRAT Uses US-North Korea Summit As Decoy For Attacks In South Korea
Threat ResearchTalos discovered a malicious Hangul Word Processor (HWP) document targeting Korean users. If a malicious document is opened, a remote access trojan, “NavRAT,” downloads with command execution and keylogging capabilities.
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3 Non-Negotiables for an Effective Data Center Security & Workload Protection Strategy
Security
We know that big data is big business… And the use of on-premises and public cloud infrastructure is growing, according to the Cisco 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark…
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IcedID Banking Trojan Teams up with Ursnif/Dreambot for Distribution
Security
This post was authored by Ross Gibb, with research contributions from Daphne Galme of Cisco, and Michael Gorelik of Morphisec, a Cisco Security Technical Alliance partner. In November 2017…
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The Surprisingly High Cost of Malware in Schools — And How to Stop It
Education
Compared to banks and enterprise corporations and government agencies, who would think that schools would be prime targets for cyberattacks? Surprisingly, education is actually the industry most at risk of…
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