Cisco Talos Blog

July 25, 2024 14:00

The massive computer outage over the weekend was not a cyber attack, and I’m not sure why we have to keep saying that

Seeing a “blue screen of death,” often with code that looks indecipherable, has been ingrained into our heads that it’s a “hack."

July 18, 2024 14:00

It's best to just assume you’ve been involved in a data breach somehow

Telecommunications provider AT&T disclosed earlier this month that adversaries stole a cache of data that contained the phone numbers and call records of “nearly all” of its customers.

July 11, 2024 14:00

Checking in on the state of cybersecurity and the Olympics

Even if a threat actor isn’t successful in some widespread breach that makes international headlines, even smaller-scale threats and actors are just hoping to cause chaos.

June 27, 2024 14:00

We’re not talking about cryptocurrency as much as we used to, but there are still plenty of scammers out there

A report in March found that 72% of cryptocurrency projects had died since 2020, with crypto trading platform FTX’s downfall taking out many of them in one fell swoop.

June 20, 2024 14:00

Tabletop exercises are headed to the next frontier: Space

More on the recent Snowflake breach, MFA bypass techniques and more.

June 13, 2024 14:00

How we can separate botnets from the malware operations that rely on them

A botnet is a network of computers or other internet-connected devices that are infected by malware and controlled by a single threat actor or group.

June 6, 2024 14:00

The sliding doors of misinformation that come with AI-generated search results

AI’s integration into search engines could change the way many of us interact with the internet.

May 30, 2024 14:00

Attackers are impersonating a road toll payment processor across the U.S. in phishing attacks

Drivers from New York to Georgia and Pennsylvania have received these types of texts with equally convincing phishing text messages and lure pages.

May 23, 2024 14:00

Apple and Google are taking steps to curb the abuse of location-tracking devices — but what about others?

Plus, SS7 vulnerabilities are being exploited and BreachForums is taken down again.