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In this series, Talos releases open-source tools, along with insights, tips, and enhancements to help cybersecurity researchers work smarter and more effectively.

April 29, 2026 06:00

AI-powered honeypots: Turning the tables on malicious AI agents

Just as AI brings time-saving advantages to our lives, it brings similar advantages to threat actors. We can take the advantage back. This blog shows how generative AI can be used to rapidly deploy adaptive honeypot systems.

March 18, 2026 06:00

Transparent COM instrumentation for malware analysis

In this article, Cisco Talos presents DispatchLogger, a new open-source tool that delivers high visibility into late-bound IDispatch COM object interactions via transparent proxy interception.

November 6, 2025 06:00

Do robots dream of secure networking? Teaching cybersecurity to AI systems

This blog demonstrates a proof of concept using LangChain and OpenAI, integrated with Cisco Umbrella API, to provide AI agents with real-time threat intelligence for evaluating domain dispositions.

October 30, 2025 05:59

Dynamic binary instrumentation (DBI) with DynamoRio

Learn how to build your own dynamic binary instrumentation (DBI) tool with open-source DynamoRIO to enable malware analysis, security auditing, reverse engineering, and more.