Threat actors use copyright infringement phishing lure to deploy infostealers
* Cisco Talos has observed an unknown threat actor conducting a phishing campaign targeting Facebook business and advertising account users in Taiwan. * The decoy email and fake PDF filenames are designed to impersonate a company's legal department, attempting to lure the
Threat Spotlight: WarmCookie/BadSpace
WarmCookie is a malware family that emerged in April 2024 and has been distributed via regularly conducted malspam and malvertising campaigns.
Highlighting TA866/Asylum Ambuscade Activity Since 2021
TA866 (also known as Asylum Ambuscade) is a threat actor that has been conducting intrusion operations since at least 2020.
Akira ransomware continues to evolve
As the Akira ransomware group continues to evolve its operations, Talos has the latest research on the group's attack chain, targeted verticals, and potential future TTPs.
Threat actor believed to be spreading new MedusaLocker variant since 2022
The malware, called "BabyLockerKZ," has primarily affected users in Europe and South America.
DragonRank, a Chinese-speaking SEO manipulator service provider
Cisco Talos is disclosing a new threat called “DragonRank” that primarily targets countries in Asia and a few in Europe, operating PlugX and BadIIS for search engine optimization (SEO) rank manipulation.
Vulnerability in Tencent WeChat custom browser could lead to remote code execution
While this issue was disclosed and patched in the V8 engine in June 2023, the WeChat Webview component was not updated, and still remained vulnerable when Talos reported it to the vendor.
BlackByte blends tried-and-true tradecraft with newly disclosed vulnerabilities to support ongoing attacks
In recent investigations, Talos Incident Response has observed the BlackByte ransomware group using techniques that depart from their established tradecraft. Read the full analysis.
MoonPeak malware from North Korean actors unveils new details on attacker infrastructure
Cisco Talos has uncovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) family we are calling “MoonPeak.” This a XenoRAT-based malware, which is under active development by a North Korean nexus cluster we are calling “UAT-5394.”