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
Vulnerability Spotlight: Denial of service in AMD ATIKMDAG.SYS driver
Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.Cisco Talos recently discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ATIKMDAG.SYS driver for some AMD graphics cards. An attacker could send the victim a specially crafted D3DKMTCreateAllocation API
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Oct. 2020 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
By Jon Munshaw, with contributions from Alex McDonnell and Nick Biasini. Microsoft released its monthly security update Tuesday, disclosing just under 100 vulnerabilities across its array of products. Fourteen of the vulnerabilities are considered “critical" while the vast
Vulnerability Spotlight: Information leak 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 carry out a range of malicious actions. Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers currently a
Lemon Duck brings cryptocurrency miners back into the spotlight
By Vanja Svajcer, with contributions from Caitlin Huey. * We are used to ransomware attacks and big-game hunting making headlines, but there are still methods adversaries use to monetize their efforts in less intrusive ways. * Cisco Talos recently recorded increased activity
Vulnerability Spotlight: Denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Allen-Bradley Flex I/O
Jared Rittle of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. The Allen-Bradley Flex input/output system contains multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities in its ENIP request path data segment. These bugs exist specifically in the 1794-AENT FLEX I/O modula
Threat Roundup for October 2 to October 9
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 2 and Oct. 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