Cisco Talos Blog

November 17, 2021 09:26

Talos’ tips for staying safe while shopping online this holiday season

By Jon Munshaw. Attackers will resort to all tactics to trick users into downloading malware, handing over credit card data or completing compromising their machine. No topic is off-limits, and threat actors have resorted to using everything from PlayStation 5 sales, to COVID-1

November 12, 2021 11:37

Talos Takes Ep. #76: What is Kimsuky phishing around for?

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. Blog posts aren't just for sharing your darkest secrets from high school anymore. They're also used by attackers

October 28, 2021 08:00

Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends from Q3 2021

Ransomware again dominated the threat landscape, while BEC grew By David Liebenberg and Caitlin Huey. Once again, ransomware was the most dominant threat observed in Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) engagements this quarter. CTIR helped resolve several significant ransomwa

October 15, 2021 11:07

Talos Takes Ep. #73 (NCSAM edition): Fight the phish from land, sea and air

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. Most people may think of spam as being the classic email promising that you've won the lottery or some great prize,

September 24, 2021 11:52

Talos Takes Ep. #69: Our armadillo in shining armor

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. We also preach the importance of multi-factor authentication. But what happens when the bad guys start going after those

September 17, 2021 10:39

Talos Takes Ep. #68: The various pivots and pitfalls in a malware investigation

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. On this week's episode, Vitor Ventura from our research team walks through his recent work on connecting several mal

September 3, 2021 09:09

Talos Takes Ep. #66: Dude, where's my bandwidth?

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. “Proxyware” sounds like a complicated topic that you’re too afraid to ask about. But really, it’s just software that all

August 26, 2021 15:02

Talos Takes Ep: #65: How several RAT campaigns in Latin America are connected

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. As more people around the world start to get vaccinated against COVID-19, travel is becoming easier, especially during t

August 13, 2021 10:00

Talos Takes Ep. #64: Back 2 Skool edition

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. There's no shortage of complications leading into this new school year. Students, parents, teachers and admins alike