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June 25, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for June 25, 2020

Good afternoon, Talos readers. We recently decided to replace our use of the terms "blacklist" and "whitelist" with "block list" and "allow list.” Even though these terms are commonly in use in the security industry, we will not go along with c

June 18, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for June 18, 2020

Good afternoon, Talos readers. Now that Cisco Live is over, you can access both of Talos’ talks on-demand here if you registered for the online event. The latest Beers with Talos episode covers how to push your career in cyber security forward when you feel like you’re stuck i

June 11, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for June 11, 2020

Good afternoon, Talos readers. We are back this week with new content, mainly around Microsoft Patch Tuesday. We have our complete breakdown of all the vulns here, as well as in-depth information on two remote code execution vulnerabilities one of our researchers discovered in E

June 4, 2020 13:40

Threat Source newsletter for June 4, 2020

Our social media content and promotion are on pause this week as there are more important issues being discussed and other voices that need to be heard. However, we still wanted to provide users with the latest IOCs and threats we’re seeing. Upcoming public engagements Event:

May 28, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for May 28, 2020

Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. We need to start things off by wishing a Happy Birthday to Beers with Talos! The first episode was released on May 12, 2017. To celebrate, we have a new e

May 21, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for May 21, 2020

Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Beers with Talos chugs on during quarantine with the latest episode of “The In-Between.” Once again, the hosts talk about everything but security, answeri

May 14, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for May 14, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Our main focus this week is on Astaroth. This is a malware family that has been targeting Brazil with a variety of l

May 7, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for May 7, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. With all of us working from home, Beers with Talos episodes are coming out faster than ever. This week, we have an a

April 30, 2020 14:00

Threat Source newsletter for April 30, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Our newest research post focuses on the Aggah campaign. Threat actors are pushing Aggah to victims via malicious Mic