Reverse-CTF, Snort rule challenge and more — What to expect from Talos at Defcon
Want to get up close and personal with Talos researchers? Then be sure to stick around for the second half of “Hacker Summercamp:” Defcon. After our series of talks at Blackhat, we’re headed elsewhere on the strip for Defcon. Specifically, we’ll have a huge presence at this yea
Threat Source newsletter (July 25, 2019)
Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. No one really likes talking about election security. It’s a sticky subject, costs lots of money and doesn’t com
Threat Source newsletter (July 18, 2019)
Threat Source newsletter (July 11, 2019)
Should governments pay extortion payments after a ransomware attack?
"The risk must be judged to see if the cost is worth the attempt to get that data back or if these resources can do it within a reasonable timeframe. There are no guarantees in either direction."
Threat Source newsletter (July 3, 2019)
Vulnerability Spotlight: Remote code execution vulnerabilities in Simple DirectMedia Layer
Marcin “Icewall” Noga of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Simple DirectMedia Layer contains two vulnerabilities that could an attacker to remotely execute code on the victim’s machine. Both bugs are present in the SDL2_image library, which is used for loading images
Vulnerability Spotlight: Google V8 Array.prototype memory corruption vulnerability
The V8 JavaScript engine in Google Chrome contains a memory corruption vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain the ability to execute arbitrary code on the victim’s machine. V8 is the core JavaScript engine that runs in the Chrome browser. As part of Chrome and node.is