Arid Viper disguising mobile spyware as updates for non-malicious Android applications
Since April 2022, Cisco Talos has been tracking a malicious campaign operated by the espionage-motivated Arid Viper advanced persistent threat (APT) group targeting Arabic-speaking Android users.
9 vulnerabilities found in VPN software, including 1 critical issue that could lead to remote code execution
Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities in the SoftEther VPN solution for individual and enterprise users to force users to drop their connections or execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine.
Why logging is one of the most overlooked aspects of incident response, and how Cisco Talos IR can help
As the adoption of digital technologies increases, the volume of log data grows, which makes it challenging for cybersecurity teams to identify which logs are most valuable when investigating and analyzing threats.
Active exploitation of Cisco IOS XE Software Web Management User Interface vulnerabilities
Cisco has identified active exploitation of two previously unknown vulnerabilities in the Web User Interface (Web UI) feature of Cisco IOS XE software — CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273 — when exposed to the internet or untrusted networks.
What to know about the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDoS attacks
CVE-2023-44487, a vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, was recently used to launch intensive DDoS attacks against several targets.
How Cisco Talos IR helped a healthcare company quickly resolve a Qakbot attack
A healthcare company recently detected a potential Qakbot infection early, and with the help of the Talos IR team, evicted the threat actor from their network quickly before any harm could come to the organization or its customers.
Eight vulnerabilities in Open Automation Software Platform could lead to information disclosure, improper authentication
OAS Platform allows various devices, including PLCs, servers, files, databases and internet-of-things platforms to communicate with one another and share data when they otherwise would be unable to because of their various protocols.
Three vulnerabilities in NVIDIA graphics driver could cause memory corruption
The driver is vulnerable to memory corruption if an adversary sends a specially crafted shader packer, which can lead to a memory corruption problem in the driver.
What Cisco Talos knows about the Rhysida ransomware
The group appears to commonly deploy double extortion — of the victims that have been listed on the leak site, several of them have had some portion of their exfiltrated data exposed.