Threat Advisory: DoubleZero
This post is also available in: Українська (Ukrainian) Overview The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine released an advisory on March 22, 2022 disclosing another wiper dubbed "DoubleZero" targeting Ukrainian enterprises during Russia's invasion of the co
Threat Advisory: Opportunistic cyber criminals take advantage of Ukraine invasion
By Edmund Brumaghin, with contributions from Jonathan Byrne, Perceo Lemos and Vasileios Koutsoumpogeras. This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Українська (Ukrainian) Executive Summary * Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, we have observed threat actors usin
Current executive guidance for ongoing cyberattacks in Ukraine
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Українська (Ukrainian) Cyber threat activity against Ukraine, and around the world, has long been a central focus of our work. We continue to monitor the Ukraine-Russia situation by enacting a comprehensive, Talos-wide effort to p
Crowd-sourced attacks present new risk of crisis escalation
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) * An unpredictable and largely unknown set of actors present a threat to organizations, despite their sometimes unsophisticated techniques. Customers who are typically focused on top-tier, state-sponsored attacks should remain awa
Talos on the developing situation in Ukraine
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Українська (Ukrainian) In the last month, Talos has seen a shift in activity in response to the unjust invasion of Ukraine. This post is meant to serve as our executive overview of the situation and provide you with the most up-to
Threat Advisory: Cyclops Blink
Update Mar. 17, 2022 Today, Asus released a product security advisory listing their products affected by Cyclops Blink. While the investigation is currently ongoing, this advisory provides guidance on taking necessary precautions via a checklist for the affected product versions
Threat Advisory: HermeticWiper
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Українська (Ukrainian) Update: March 1, 2022 Cisco Talos is aware of reporting related to additional components discovered to be associated with ongoing HermeticWiper attacks. These additional components include: * HermeticWiz
Threat Advisory: Critical Apache Log4j vulnerability being exploited in the wild
Update History DateDescription of UpdatesDec. 20, 2021 Additional coverage and IOCs; additional detection capabilities for customers via Cisco Global Threat Alerts. Dec. 18, 2021 Additional mitigation guidance; updated coverage information. Dec. 17, 2021 Added additional vulner
Attackers exploiting zero-day vulnerability in Windows Installer — Here’s what you need to know and Talos’ coverage
Cisco Talos is releasing new SNORTⓇ rules to protect against the exploitation of a zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Installer. This vulnerability allows an attacker with a limited user account to elevate their privileges to become an administrato