Vulnerability Spotlight: A deep dive into WAGO’s cloud connectivity and the vulnerabilities that arise
Report and research by Kelly Leuschner. WAGO makes several programmable automation controllers that are used in many industries including automotive, rail, power engineering, manufacturing and building management. Cisco Talos discovered 41 vulnerabilities in their PFC200 and PFC
What to expect when you’re electing: A recap
We’re roughly two weeks out from Election Day in America, although millions of early and mail-in votes have already been cast. In the coming days, there’s sure to be a flurry of news stories about disinformation, allegations of voter fraud, the back-and-forth between parties and
Vulnerability Spotlight: Code execution vulnerability in Google Chrome WebGL
Marcin Towalski of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. The Google Chrome web browser contains a vulnerability that could be exploited by an adversary to gain the ability to execute code on the victim machine. Chrome is one of the most popular web brow
Dynamic Data Resolver - Version 1.0.1 beta
By Holger Unterbrink. 12/17/20 Update: A new version of this software and associated blog can be found here Cisco Talos is releasing a new beta version of Dynamic Data Resolver (DDR) today. This release comes with a new architecture for samples using multi-threading. The proce
Threat Roundup for October 9 to October 16
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 9 and Oct. 16. 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 ke
Beers with Talos ep. #94: Nigel is marching on, victorious and glorious
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 94 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 Sept. 25, 2020 Today is Nigel’s last episode as a regular host of BWT.
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 15, 2020)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. In our latest entry into our election security series, we’re turning our attention to the professionals who are responsible for securing our elections. After months of research, we’ve compiled a series of rec
What to expect when you're electing: How election officials can counter disinformation
By Matthew Olney and the communications and public relations professionals at Cisco. Editor's Note: For more on this topic, sign up for a Cisco Duo webinar on election security on Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. ET here. In our work with our partners in the election security space, the m
Vulnerability Spotlight: Code execution, information disclosure vulnerabilities in F2FS toolset
Vulnerabilities discovered by a Cisco Talos researcher. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities in various functions of the F2FS toolset. F2FS is a filesystem toolset commonly found in embedded devic