Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Vanja Svajcer. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 108 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, the most in any month so far this year. Four new remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excha
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenClinic’s GA web portal
Yuri Kramarz of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple vulnerabilities in OpenClinic’s GA web portal. OpenClinic GA is an open-source, fully integrated hospital management solution. The web portal allows users
Recording: Analyzing Android Malware — From triage to reverse-engineering
It's easy to get wrapped up worry about large-scale ransomware attacks on the threat landscape. These are the types of attacks that make headlines and strike fear into the hearts of CISOs everywhere. But if you want to defend the truly prolific and widespread threats that tar
Threat Roundup for April 2 to April 9
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 2 and April 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 k
Talos Takes Ep. #48: The complete history of ObliqueRAT
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. After researching and writing about ObliqueRAT for several months now, Asheer Malhotra joins Talos Takes for the first t
Threat Source Newsletter (April 8, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We've all heard about spam coming through your email or those robocalls we all hate. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, attackers are now turning to chat rooms and gaming servers to spread spam. Talos researc
Beers with Talos Ep. #102: Twitter has questions for us
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 102 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. By Mitch Neff. Recorded Feb. 23, 2021 We’ve been quiet for a minute, but we have a few new epi
Sowing Discord: Reaping the benefits of collaboration app abuse
As telework has become the norm throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, attackers are modifying their tactics to take advantage of the changes to employee workflows. * Attackers are leveraging collaboration platforms, such as Discord and Slack, to stay under the radar and evade organ
Threat Roundup for March 26 to April 2
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 26 and April 2. 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