malware
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 […]
Adversarial use of current events as lures
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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 […]
Threat Roundup for July 10 to July 17
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between July 3 and July 10. 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 3 to July 10
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between July 3 and July 10. 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 June 19 to June 26
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 19 and June 26. 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 June 5 to June 12
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 5 and June 12. 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 […]
IndigoDrop spreads via military-themed lures to deliver Cobalt Strike
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By Asheer Malhotra. Cisco Talos has observed a malware campaign that utilizes military-themed malicious Microsoft Office documents (maldocs) to spread Cobalt Strike beacons containing full-fledged RAT capabilities. These maldocs use malicious macros to deliver a multistage and highly modular infection. This campaign appears to target military and government organizations in South Asia. Network-based detection, although […]
Threat Roundup for May 29 to June 5
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Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between May 29 and June 5. 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 […]
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