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July 23, 2021 11:00

Talos Takes Ep: #62: Don't sleep on business email compromise

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. Business email compromise may seem like last decade’s threat, but it’s still just as prevalent as ever. A recent FBI rep

July 16, 2021 10:14

Talos Takes Ep: #61: SideCopy sounds so familiar, but I just can't put my finger on it...

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. Asheer Malhotra of Talos Outreach has spent the past few months tracking APTs all along the same line. APT 36, aka Trans

July 2, 2021 10:04

Talos Takes Ep. #59: How to secure the devices that secure your home network

As consumers start having more “smart” devices connected to their home network, they may want an easy solution to keeping those devices safe. But what if that device gets owned? Carl Hurd of our vulnerability research team recently discovered several vulnerabilities in Trend Mic

June 25, 2021 10:37

Talos Takes Ep. #58: How to approach the partnerships it will take to defend critical infrastructure

By Jon Munshaw. With major cyber attacks in recent years against major U.S. critical infrastructure suppliers like Norsk Hydro and Colonial Pipeline, we’re in a new world of CI cybersecurity. New threats require new approaches to defense. And in the U.S., this is likely going to

June 18, 2021 09:00

Talos Takes Ep. #57: A ransomware-as-a-service explainer

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. How much is ransomware-as-a-service like a McDonald’s franchise? More similar than you’d think! The RaaS model has enter

May 28, 2021 10:30

Talos Takes Ep. #55: How Transparent Tribe could evolve in the future

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 recently covered how the Transparent Tribe APT added another RAT to its arsenal. Where might they go from here? In th

May 20, 2021 14:00

Threat Source newsletter (May 20, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We know a lot of you may be tired of "content" after RSA week. But we have some more for you! And specifically related to RSA, Cisco Talos Incident Response has new case studies out detailing a few re

May 14, 2021 08:26

Talos Takes Ep. #53: The broader lesson of those air fryer vulnerabilities

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. It seemed like everyone on security Twitter had a joke when we disclosed a vulnerability in a WiFi-connected air fryer.

May 13, 2021 14:00

Threat Source Newsletter (May 13, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. In case you missed the Friday news drop last week, we have an update on the Lemon Duck cryptocurrency miner. It's not as eye-catching as the ransomware attacks that make the news, but Lemon Duck's exploi