Cisco Talos Blog

April 3, 2025 14:03

One mighty fine-looking report

Hazel highlights the key findings within Cisco Talos’ 2024 Year in Review (now available for download) and details our active tracking of an ongoing campaign targeting users in Ukraine with malicious LNK files.

March 27, 2025 14:01

Money Laundering 101, and why Joe is worried

In this blog post, Joe covers the very basics of money laundering, how it facilitates ransomware cartels, and what the regulatory future holds for cybercrime.

March 20, 2025 14:00

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow: Information security and the Baseball Hall of Fame

In this week’s Threat Source newsletter, William pitches a fun comparison between baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki and the unsung heroes of information security, highlights newly released UAT-5918 research, and shares an exciting new Talos video.

March 13, 2025 14:04

Patch it up: Old vulnerabilities are everyone’s problems

Thorsten picks apart some headlines, highlights Talos’ report on an unknown attacker predominantly targeting Japan, and asks, “Where is the victim, and does it matter?”

March 6, 2025 14:03

Who is Responsible and Does it Matter?

Martin Lee dives into to the complexities of defending our customers from threat actors and covers the latest Talos research in this week's newsletter.

February 27, 2025 14:03

Sellers can get scammed too, and Joe goes off on a rant about imposter syndrome

Joe has some advice for anyone experiencing self doubt or wondering about their next career move. Plus, catch up on the latest Talos research on scams targeting sellers, and the Lotus Blossom espionage group.

February 20, 2025 14:02

Efficiency? Security? When the quest for one grants neither.

William discusses what happens when security is an afterthought rather than baked into processes and highlights the latest of Talos' security research.

February 13, 2025 14:05

Changing the narrative on pig butchering scams

Hazel discusses Interpol’s push to rename pig butchering scams as ‘romance baiting’. Plus, catch up on the latest vulnerability research from Talos, and why a recent discovery is a “rare industry win”.

February 6, 2025 14:03

Changing the tide: Reflections on threat data from 2024

Thorsten examines last year’s CVE list and compares it to recent Talos Incident Response trends. Plus, get all the details on the new vulnerabilities disclosed by Talos’ Vulnerability Research Team.