Cisco Talos Blog

June 11, 2024 13:46

Only one critical issue disclosed as part of Microsoft Patch Tuesday

The lone critical security issue is a remote code execution vulnerability due to a use-after-free issue in the HTTP handling function of Microsoft Message Queuing.

June 6, 2024 14:00

The sliding doors of misinformation that come with AI-generated search results

AI’s integration into search engines could change the way many of us interact with the internet.

May 30, 2024 14:00

Attackers are impersonating a road toll payment processor across the U.S. in phishing attacks

Drivers from New York to Georgia and Pennsylvania have received these types of texts with equally convincing phishing text messages and lure pages.

May 29, 2024 12:07

Out-of-bounds reads in Adobe Acrobat; Foxit PDF Reader contains vulnerability that could lead to SYSTEM-level privileges

Acrobat, one of the most popular PDF readers currently available, contains two out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities that could lead to the exposure of sensitive contents of arbitrary memory in the application.

May 23, 2024 14:00

Apple and Google are taking steps to curb the abuse of location-tracking devices — but what about others?

Plus, SS7 vulnerabilities are being exploited and BreachForums is taken down again.

May 16, 2024 14:00

Rounding up some of the major headlines from RSA

Here’s a rundown of some things you may have missed if you weren’t able to stay on top of the things coming out of the conference.

May 14, 2024 13:57

Only one critical vulnerability included in May’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday; One other zero-day in DWN Core

The lone critical security issue is CVE-2024-30044, a remote code execution vulnerability in SharePoint Server.

May 9, 2024 14:00

A new alert system from CISA seems to be effective — now we just need companies to sign up

Under a pilot program, CISA has sent out more than 2,000 alerts to registered organizations regarding the existence of any unpatched vulnerabilities in CISA’s KEV catalog.

May 8, 2024 12:00

Talos discloses multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which could lead to code execution

Two vulnerabilities in this group — one in the Tinyroxy HTTP proxy daemon and another in the stb_vorbis.c file library — could lead to arbitrary code execution, earning both issues a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.