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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

April 15, 2021 14:00

Threat Source Newsletter (April 15, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. If you missed our webinar last week, we've got you covered. We've uploaded an extended version to our YouTube page that includes the scripts used in the presentation. This video will show you how to reve

April 9, 2021 11:03

Talos Takes Ep. #48: The complete history of ObliqueRAT

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. After researching and writing about ObliqueRAT for several months now, Asheer Malhotra joins Talos Takes for the first t