Cisco Talos Blog

July 31, 2024 07:55

"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.

July 24, 2024 06:00

A (somewhat) complete timeline of Talos’ history

Relive some of the major cybersecurity incidents and events that have shaped Talos over the past 10 years.

March 5, 2024 15:30

Badgerboard: A PLC backplane network visibility module

Analysis of the traffic between networked devices has always been of interest since devices could even communicate with one another.  As the complexity of networks grew, the more useful dedicated traffic analysis tools became. Major advancements have been made over the years wit

January 18, 2024 08:00

Exploring malicious Windows drivers (Part 1): Introduction to the kernel and drivers

Malicious drivers are difficult to detect and successfully leveraging one can give an attacker full access to a system.

December 19, 2023 08:00

Year in Malware 2023: Recapping the major cybersecurity stories of the past year

Relive Talos' top stories from the past year as we recap the top malware and other threats that came our way.

October 9, 2023 08:00

How looking at decades of spam led Jaeson Schultz from Y2K to the metaverse and cryptocurrency

“I’m completely interested in the creative ways computers can break down,” Schultz jokes.

September 11, 2023 08:00

You can try to hide your firmware from Kelly Patterson, but she’ll find it (and break it)

Patterson and her teammates are responsible for helping to disclose and patch more than 200 security vulnerabilities a year, some of which affect devices used in thousands of households around the world.

August 3, 2023 08:00

Half-Year in Review: Recapping the top threats and security trends so far in 2023

We've seen threat actors utilize every chance they get to steal sensitive data, to be used in future attacks and/or to manipulate victims into paying up before their data ends up on the dark web.

June 29, 2023 08:00

How Talos IR’s Purple Team can help you prepare for the worst-case scenario

A Purple Team exercise is a collaborative approach between offensive (Red) teams and defensive (Blue) teams.