Cisco Talos Blog

April 15, 2017 02:45

Cisco Coverage for Shadow Brokers 2017-04-14 Information Release

On Friday, April 14, the actor group identifying itself as the Shadow Brokers released new information containing exploits for vulnerabilities that affect various versions of Microsoft Windows as well as applications such as Lotus Domino. Additionally, the release included previo

April 14, 2017 16:58

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

April 14, 2017 14:54

Cisco Coverage for CVE-2017-0199

Over the past week, information regarding a serious zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-0199) in Microsoft Office was publically disclosed. Since learning of this flaw, Talos has been actively investigating the issue. Preliminary reports indicated that this vulnerability was activel

April 10, 2017 12:11

From Box to Backdoor: Discovering Just How Insecure an ICS Device is in Only 2 Weeks

This post was authored by Martin Lee and Warren Mercer, based on research conducted by Patrick DeSantis. *blog post was updated with additional information for Day 4 on April 21. Industrial Control Systems provide stability to civilization. They clean our water, deliver our pow

April 7, 2017 16:49

Threat Round-up for Mar 31 - Apr 7

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 31 and April 7. 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

March 31, 2017 17:18

Threat Round-up for Mar 24 - Mar 31

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 24 and March 31. 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 highlightin

March 27, 2017 16:09

Vulnerability Spotlight: Certificate Validation Flaw in Apple macOS and iOS Identified and Patched

Most people don't give much thought to what happens when you connect to your bank's website or log in to your email account. For most people, securely connecting to a website seems as simple as checking to make sure the little padlock in the address bar is present. Howeve

March 17, 2017 17:35

Threat Round-up for the Week of Mar 13 - Mar 17

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed over the past week. 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 behav

March 10, 2017 18:49

Threat Round-up for the Week of Mar 6 - Mar 10

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed over the past week. As with our previous threat round-up, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting