Talos Incident Response added to German BSI Advanced Persistent Threat response list
Cisco Talos Incident Response is now listed as an approved vendor on the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) response service providers list [https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Cyber-Sicherheit/Themen/Dienst
Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in Q1 2022
Ransomware continues as the top threat, while a novel increase in APT activity emerges Ransomware was still the top threat Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) saw in active engagements this quarter, continuing a trend that started in 2020. As mentioned in the 2021 year-in-revie
Preparing for denial-of-service attacks with Talos Incident Response
Over the years, several extorsion-style and politically motivated denial-of-service attacks increased and still pose a threat to businesses and organizations of any size that can find themselves in the crosshairs of various malicious campaigns. A detailed preparation plan is nee
Talos Incident Response year-in-review for 2021
Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR), as with everyone else in the cybersecurity world, dealt with a bevy of threats last year, as responders dealt with an expanding set of ransomware adversaries and several major cybersecurity incidents affecting organizations worldwide, all und
2021: Looking back on the year in malware and cyber attacks, from SolarWinds to Log4j
It seems like we were just recovering from the aftermath of the massive SolarWinds campaign a month or two ago. And now suddenly, it’s been a year since one of the largest cyber attacks in history and moving onto another threat that could last for years. That just seemed to be h
Case Study: Catching threats ahead of time with a penetration test from the Cisco Talos Incident Response Red Team
By Brad Garnett, Miguel Alvarez Esmoris, Terryn Valikodath and Bob Doyle. As we mentioned in a previous case study, relationships are tried and tested during incident response. So, when a customer came to Cisco Talos Incident Response with concerns about their public-facing webs
The features all Incident Response Plans need to have
Having a policy that defines how an organization can respond to cybersecurity incidents, and a plan on how to deal with those incidents can play a major role in resolving them with minimal cost and downtime.
Case Study: Incident Response is a relationship-driven business
Proof that incident response is "the ultimate team sport" By Brad Garnett. Introduction As a seasoned incident responder, and now IR business leader here at Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR), I have always said that incident response is the ultimate team sport
Talos Takes Ep. #42: Seriously folks, save your logs
The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. When Pierre Cadieux steps into a Cisco Talos Incident Response engagement, the first thing he wants to do is check out t