Cisco Talos Blog

September 7, 2022 11:00

Multiple ransomware data leak sites experience DDoS attacks, facing intermittent outages and connectivity issues

Cisco Talos has been monitoring suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks resulting in intermittent downtime and outages affecting several ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) data leak sites.

June 28, 2022 08:00

De-anonymizing ransomware domains on the dark web

* We have developed three techniques to identify ransomware operators' dark websites hosted on public IP addresses, allowing us to uncover previously unknown infrastructure for the DarkAngels, Snatch, Quantum and Nokoyawa ransomware groups. * The methods we used to identify

April 7, 2021 08:06

Sowing Discord: Reaping the benefits of collaboration app abuse

As telework has become the norm throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, attackers are modifying their tactics to take advantage of the changes to employee workflows. * Attackers are leveraging collaboration platforms, such as Discord and Slack, to stay under the radar and evade organ