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DNS Hijacking Abuses Trust In Core Internet Service
This blog post discusses the technical details of a state-sponsored attack manipulating DNS systems. While this incident is limited to targeting primarily national security organizations in the Middle East and...
Threat Roundup Sept 21 – 28
Today, 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. 21 and 28....
Threat Roundup for Sept 14 – 21
Today, 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....
Using machine learning to target threats
This blog post begins with a joke about two people in a forest and a bear. A bear appears out of nowhere and starts to chase these two guys during...
3 Non-Negotiables for an Effective Data Center Security & Workload Protection Strategy
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...
Threat Round-up for Apr 7 – Apr 14
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between April 7 and April 14. As with previous round-ups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we’ve observed by highlighting key behavior characteristics, indicators of compromise, and how our customers are automatically […]
IEC 104 Protocol Detection Rules
IEC 60870-5-104 Protocol Detection Rules Cisco Talos has released 33 Snort rules which are used to analyze/inspect IEC 60870-5-104 network traffic. These rules will help Industrial Control Systems/Supervisory Control and...
Reversing Multilayer .NET Malware
This post was authored by Dave McDaniel with contributions from Jaeson Schultz Recently, we came across a malware sample that has been traversing the Internet disguised as an image of a woman. The malware sample uses several layers of obfuscation to hide its payload, including the use of steganography. Steganography is the practice of concealing […]
Threat Spotlight: Group 72, Opening the ZxShell
This post was authored by Andrea Allievi, Douglas Goddard, Shaun Hurley, and Alain Zidouemba. Recently, there was a blog post on the takedown of a botnet used by threat actor group known as Group 72 and their involvement in Operation SMN. This group is sophisticated, well funded, and exclusively targets high profile organizations with high […]