Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in Advantech R-SeeNet
The Talos vulnerability research team discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Advantech R-SeeNet monitoring software. R-SeeNet is the software system used for monitoring Advantech routers. It continu
Following the Money: Comparing cryptocurrency value to illicit mining activity
By Nick Biasini In the age of meme stocks, Robinhood and Elon Musk's tweets influencing the global economy, cryptocurrency mining has not seemed as fringe as it once did. Mining has been around as long as these crytocurrencies have, but only really started to gather the att
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for July 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Jaeson Schultz. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 117 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, by far the most in a month this year. Today’s Patch Tuesday includes three vulnerabilities that Microsoft
Threat Roundup for July 2 to July 9
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between July 2 and July 9. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key
Talos Takes Ep. #60: Everything you need to know about the Kaseya situation
By Jon Munshaw. The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. In this special "XL edition" of Talos Takes, we're bringing you the audio version of our
PrintNightmare: Here’s what you need to know and Talos’ coverage
Over the past several weeks, there's been a lot of discussion about a particular privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows affecting the print spooler, dubbed PrintNightmare. The vulnerability (CVE-2021-1675/CVE-2021-34527) has now been patched multiple times but is belie
Threat Source newsletter (July 8, 2021)
Good afternoon, Talos readers. Just like everyone else in the security world, our week's been dominated by the Kaseya supply chain attack. We went live on pretty much every social media platform we could think of yesterday to update everyone on the current situation and prov
Vulnerability Spotlight: Information disclosure, privilege escalation vulnerabilities in IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate
Cory Duplantis of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate. IOBit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate is a system optimizer that promises to remove unwanted files and
InSideCopy: How this APT continues to evolve its arsenal
By Asheer Malhotra and Justin Thattil. * Cisco Talos is tracking an increase in SideCopy's activities targeting government personnel in India using themes and tactics similar to APT36 (aka Mythic Leopard and Transparent Tribe). * SideCopy is an APT group that mimics the Si