Threat Source newsletter (March 18, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Start spreading the word now, the Snort scholarship is back for 2021! This year, we’re giving away two $10,000 awards to two college students who are studying cybersecurity or another IT-related field. Applicati
Threat Source newsletter (March 11, 2021) — Featuring new SolarWinds roundtable
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We have a special edition of the Threat Source newsletter to bring you this week, because we’re premiering a new video for you right now! Below, you’ll find a full roundtable we put together discussing the Sola
Threat Source newsletter (March 4, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Of course, we will start things off talking about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this week. Microsoft said in a statement that a threat actor is exploiting these vulnerabilities in the wild to steal us
Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 25, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We all think of APTs as these wide-reaching, silent threat groups who are backed by a nation-state. But our recent research into Gamaredon shows that not all APTs are created equal. We’ve spotted this actor car
Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 18, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Whether you want to read Talos’ research or listen to it, we’ve got plenty of options for you this week. Beers with Talos hit its 100th episode last week. To celebrate, we brought Nigel back out of retirement t
Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 11, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We have an update on LodaRAT, a trojan we’ve been following for years. This threat has a new version targeting Android devices, looking to infect devices and steal user’s credentials and monitor things like thei
Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 4, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We are excited to finally share this LockBit research paper with you all after months of work. Some of our researchers spoke to a ransomware operator, which provided us insight into a threat actor’s day-to-day g
Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 28, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Unfortunately, I don’t have any stock tips to give you to help you get rich overnight. But I do have two Vulnerability Spotlights you should read so your network can stay safer. We disclosed multiple vulnerabili
Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 21, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We know it’s hard to focus on anything happening outside of Washington, D.C. this week. But we would be remiss if we didn’t mention the exciting news that the Snort 3 GA is officially out now! This update has be