Cisco Talos Blog

May 3, 2017 12:59

KONNI: A Malware Under The Radar For Years

This blog was authored by Paul Rascagneres Executive Summary Talos has discovered an unknown Remote Administration Tool that we believe has been in use for over 3 years. During this time it has managed to avoid scrutiny by the security community. The current version of the mal

April 3, 2017 11:01

Introducing ROKRAT

This blog was authored by Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres with contributions from Matthew Molyett. Executive Summary A few weeks ago, Talos published research on a Korean MalDoc. As we previously discussed this actor is quick to cover their tracks and very quickly cleaned up

February 8, 2017 12:24

Go RAT, Go! AthenaGo points “TorWords” Portugal

This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin with contributions from Angel Villegas Summary Talos is constantly monitoring the threat landscape in an effort to identify changes in the way attackers are attempting to target organizations around the world. We identified a unique m

August 25, 2015 04:43

Malware Meets SysAdmin - Automation Tools Gone Bad

This post was authored by Alex Chiu and Xabier Ugarte Pedrero. Talos recently spotted a targeted phishing attack with several unique characteristics that are not normally seen. While we monitor phishing campaigns used to distribute threats such as Dridex, Upatre, and Cryptowall,