Beers with Talos Ep. #63: The third law of thermodynamics
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 63 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded Sept. 27, 2019 We are missing Matt and Joel this time, so Mitch, Craig and Nigel are ta
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 10, 2019)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. It’s that time again to update all your Microsoft products. The company released its monthly update Tuesday, disclos
New IDA Pro plugin provides TileGX support
Talos takes home top research honors at Virus Bulletin conference
By Jon Munshaw Researchers from Cisco Talos brought up the top award at this year’s Virus Bulletin conference. Talos received the Péter Ször Award — named for the prolific security researcher who was a longtime contributor to Virus Bulletin and passed away in 2013 — for our res
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple remote code execution bugs in NitroPDF
Cory Duplantis and Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in NitroPDF. Nitro PDF allows users to save, read, sign and edit PDF files on their machines. There are two versi
Vulnerability spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Modicon M580
Jared Rittle and Patrick DeSantis of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. There are several vulnerabilities in the Schneider Electric Modicon M580 that could lead to a variety of conditions, the majority of which can cause a denial of service. The Mo
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Oct. 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
By Jon Munshaw. Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday discloses 60 vulnerabilities, nine of which are considered "critical," with the rest being deemed "im
Threat Roundup for September 27 to October 4
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4. 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
Open Document format creates twist in maldoc landscape
By Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Introduction Cisco Talos recently observed attackers changing the file formats they use in an attempt to thwart common antivirus engines. This can happen across other file formats, but today, we are showing a change of approach for an acto