Vulnerability Spotlight: Two vulnerabilities in Zoom could lead to code execution
A member of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Cisco Talos recently discovered two vulnerabilities in the popular Zoom video chatting application that could allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code on victims’ machines. Video conferencing software has skyrockete
Vulnerability Spotlight: VMware Workstation 15 denial-of-service vulnerability
Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware Workstation 15. VMware allows users to set up virtual machines and operate various operating systems outside of the ones de
Threat Roundup for May 22 to May 29
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between May 22 and May 29. 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
Threat Source newsletter for May 28, 2020
Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. We need to start things off by wishing a Happy Birthday to Beers with Talos! The first episode was released on May 12, 2017. To celebrate, we have a new e
Dynamic Data Resolver (DDR) — IDA Plugin 1.0 beta
10/20/20 Update: A new version of this software and associated blog can be found here Executive summary Static reverse-engineering in IDA can often be problematic. Certain values are calculated at run time, which makes it difficult to understand what a certain basic block is d
Beers with Talos Ep. #82: Talos IR quarterly threat trends
If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded May 8, 2020 Brad Garnett from Cisco Talos Incident Response joins us today to talk about DFIR, the Talos Quarterly Trends Report, and how a high-speed police chase on reality TV kick-started his DFIR career. T
Threat Source newsletter for May 21, 2020
Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Beers with Talos chugs on during quarantine with the latest episode of “The In-Between.” Once again, the hosts talk about everything but security, answeri
Vulnerability Spotlight: Memory corruption vulnerability in GNU Glibc leaves smart vehicles open to attack
By Sam Dytrych and Jason Royes. Executive summary Modern automobiles are complex machines, merging both mechanical and computer systems under one roof. As automobiles become more advanced, additional sensors and devices are added to help the vehicle understand its internal and
Vulnerability Spotlight: Authentication bypass vulnerability in some Epson projectors
Yuri Kramarz of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. The Epson EB-1470UI Projector contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in its web control functionality. This projector allows users to control it over the web. However, an adversary could tri