Talos Takes Ep. #82: Log4j followed us in 2022
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's a new year, but unfortunately, we're facing the same cybersecurity problems. Log4j followed us into the ho
Talos Takes Ep. #80: I'll have a blue Christmas without a CTIR retainer
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's the holiday season, which means last-minute shopping, family time and cheer. Oh, and it's never a bad time
Talos Takes Ep. #79: Emotet's back with the worst type of holiday present
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. Emotet is back, and it brought the worst possible holiday present (just in time for peak spam season, too!). We recently
Talos Takes Ep. #78: Attackers would love to buy you a non-existent PS5 this holiday season
By Jon Munshaw. 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 know this episode comes around every year, but people keep falling for scams, so we have to remind p
Talos Takes Ep. #77: How to connect to (and safely use) public WiFi
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. Whenever we walk into a bar or restaurant, it's almost a given that we're going to ask the bartender or server:
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
Talos Takes Ep: #63: Shield your eyes from the Solarmarker
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. Andrew Windsor has been following the Solarmarker threat for months. But it really started to catch his eye when he spot
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
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
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
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
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
Talos Takes Ep. #56: The first security steps you should take when you return to the office
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 started out the COVID-19 pandemic by thinking we'd be away from the office for a month — maybe two. More than 12
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
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.
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
Talos Takes Ep. #51: COVID and Tax Day have perfectly aligned for spammers
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Talos Takes Ep. #50: Just like us, attackers are using Slack and Discord now more than ever
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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
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
Talos Takes Ep. #47: Looking back at the Masslogger trojan
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 return to our usual formatting this week to discuss the Masslogger trojan. We covered this threat earlier this year i
Talos Takes Ep. #46: Everything you could ever hope to know about Snort 3
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've got another special XL episode this week, this time about Snort 3. This roundtable covers everything you could
Talos Takes Ep. #45: SMS authentication is still around, but that doesn't mean it's a good option
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Talos Takes Ep. #44: A roundtable discussion on SolarWinds
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. Welcome to the first-ever XL edition of Talos Takes. This one is a little longer than usual, but we promise you it’s wor
Talos Takes Ep. #43: What you should know about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days
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Talos Takes Ep. #42: Seriously folks, save your logs
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Talos Takes Ep. #41: The tl;dr of Snort 3
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. This week's episode is for all our SNORTⓇ lovers out there. To celebrate last month's release of the Snort 3 GA,
Talos Takes Ep. #40: Takeaways from interviewing a ransomware operator
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Talos Takes Ep. #39: SolarWinds' implications for IoT and OT
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. This week, we're continuing our deep dive into the SolarWinds campaign. After Nick Biasini gave us a broad overview
Talos Takes Ep. #37: What's with all this talk about supply chain attacks?
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 major SolarWinds campaign has been generating headlines for weeks now. And while its specific targets make this atta
Talos Takes back with new episode, feed
Talos Takes, our new bite-size podcast, is back with its own feed and a new show. We first unveiled Talos Takes in early December, and took some time to develop a new Talos Podcasts page to accommodate Talos Takes and Beers with Talos. Now you have two Talos shows you can subscr
New Talos Takes podcast puts Talos' spin on the latest cyber news
Today, Cisco Talos' podcast network is growing with a new show. Talos Takes is a new podcast that provides Talos analysts' and researchers' opinions and expertise on the hottest topics in cyber security. The first three episodes of the show — covering holiday shoppin