Changing the narrative on pig butchering scams
Hazel discusses Interpol’s push to rename pig butchering scams as ‘romance baiting’. Plus, catch up on the latest vulnerability research from Talos, and why a recent discovery is a “rare industry win”.
Do we still have to keep doing it like this?
Hazel gets inspired by watching Wendy Nather’s recent keynote, and explores ways to challenge security assumptions.
The 2024 Threat Landscape State of Play
Talos' Nick Biasini discusses the biggest shifts and trends in the threat landscape so far. We also focus on one state sponsored actor that has been particularly active this year, and talk about why defenders need to be paying closer attention to infostealers.
Watch our new documentary, "The Light We Keep: A Project PowerUp Story"
The Light We Keep documentary tells the story of the consequences of electronic warfare in Ukraine and its effect on power grids across the country.
What kind of summer has it been?
As we head into the final third of 2024, we caught up with Talos' Nick Biasini to ask him about the biggest shifts and trends in the threat landscape so far. Turns out, he has two major areas of concern.
"There is no business school class that would ever sit down and design Talos"
We look back on 10 years of Talos, in multiple interviews with Talos' leaders.
How are attackers trying to bypass MFA?
Exploring trends on how attackers are trying to manipulate and bypass MFA, as well as when/how attackers will try their 'push-spray' MFA attacks
The LockBit story: Why the ransomware affiliate model can turn takedowns into disruptions
Talos explores the recent law enforcement takedown of LockBit, a prolific ransomware group that claimed to resume their operations 7 days later.
The 3 most common post-compromise tactics on network infrastructure
We discuss three of the most common post-compromise tactics that Talos has observed in our threat telemetry and Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) engagements. These include modifying the device’s firmware, uploading customized/weaponized firmware, and bypassing security measures.