Talos Takes Ep. #44: A roundtable discussion on SolarWinds
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. Welcome to the first-ever XL edition of Talos Takes. This one is a little longer than usual, but we promise you it’s wor
Threat Source newsletter (March 11, 2021) — Featuring new SolarWinds roundtable
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We have a special edition of the Threat Source newsletter to bring you this week, because we’re premiering a new video for you right now! Below, you’ll find a full roundtable we put together discussing the Sola
Vulnerability Spotlight: Use-after-free vulnerability in 3MF Consortium lib3mf
Lilith >_> of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. 3MF Consortium’s lib3mf library is vulnerable to a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow an adversary to execute remote code on the victim machine. The lib3mf library is an open-source im
Hafnium Update: Continued Microsoft Exchange Server Exploitation
Update 3/11: The following OSQuery detects active commands being run through webshells observed used by actors on compromised Exchange servers. While systems may have been patched to defend against Hafnium and others, threat actors may have leveraged these vulnerabilities to esta
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2021 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Nick Biasini. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing 89 vulnerabilities across its suite of products, the most in any month so far this year. There are 14 critical vulnerabilities as part of this release and on
Domain dumpster diving
By Jaeson Schultz. Dumpster diving — searching through the trash looking for items of value — has long been a staple of hacking culture. In the 1995 movie "Hackers," Acid Burn and Crash Override are seen dumpster diving for information they can use to help them "h
Threat Roundup for February 26 to March 5
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 26 and March 5. 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. #43: What you should know about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days
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. We put this episode together quickly this week to address the zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed earlier this
Threat Source newsletter (March 4, 2021)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Of course, we will start things off talking about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this week. Microsoft said in a statement that a threat actor is exploiting these vulnerabilities in the wild to steal us