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October 4, 2019 11:37

Threat Roundup for September 27 to October 4

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting k

September 27, 2019 10:22

Threat Roundup for September 20 to September 27

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 20 and Sept. 27. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting

September 20, 2019 15:16

Threat Roundup for September 13 to September 20

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 13 and Sept. 20. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting

September 17, 2019 16:00

Emotet is back after a summer break

Emotet is still evolving, five years after its debut as a banking trojan. It is one of the world's most dangerous botnets and malware droppers-for-hire. The malware payloads dropped by Emotet serve to more fully monetize their attacks, and often include additional banking tro

September 13, 2019 17:06

Threat Roundup for September 6 to September 13

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 6 and Sept. 13. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting

September 11, 2019 12:10

Watchbog and the Importance of Patching

What Happened? Cisco Incident Response (CSIRS) recently responded to an incident involving the Watchbog cryptomining botnet. The attackers were able to exploit CVE-2018-1000861 to gain a foothold and install the Watchbog malware on the affected systems. This Linux-based malw

September 6, 2019 14:33

Threat Roundup for August 30 to September 6

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 30 and Sept. 6. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting k

August 30, 2019 14:42

Threat Roundup for August 23 to August 30

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 23 and Aug. 30. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting k

August 23, 2019 16:21

Threat Roundup for August 16 to August 23

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 16 and Aug. 23. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting k