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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

May 7, 2021 10:05

Talos Takes Ep. #52: Celebrating World Password Day by talking about getting rid of passwords

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. The internet celebrated World Password Day on Thursday. To celebrate, we had Dave Lewis on the latest episode of Talos T

May 6, 2021 14:00

Threat Source Newsletter (May 6, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. COVID-19 has changed everything about our lives — no surprise there. So it also shouldn't be shocking that it's changing the way Americans view Tax Day this year. The deadline to file taxes is about a m

April 30, 2021 10:00

Talos Takes Ep. #51: COVID and Tax Day have perfectly aligned for spammers

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 see tax scams every year — people offering to do your taxes for you, finding a larger return, etc. But this year is

April 29, 2021 14:00

Threat Source Newsletter (April 29, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Ransomware is not just financial extortion. It is crime that transcends business, academic and geographic boundaries. Talos was proud to assist with a newly released report from the international Ransomware Task

April 23, 2021 09:59

Talos Takes Ep. #50: Just like us, attackers are using Slack and Discord now more than ever

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. With more workers than ever going remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the popularity of collaboration apps like Discord

April 22, 2021 14:00

Threat Source Newsletter (April 22, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We went viral this week! Everyone seemed to love to joke about these vulnerabilities we discovered in a WiFi-connected air fryer. An attacker, if they had physical access to the device, could exploit these vulne

April 16, 2021 10:53

Talos Takes Ep. #49: LodaRAT keeps growing....and growing

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. Chris Neal from Talos Outreach has followed LodaRAT for years now. It’s gone from a fairly small threat to a full-on mal