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October 28, 2019 09:46

Vulnerability Spotlight: Denial-of-service in VMWare Fusion 11

Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Executive summary VMware Fusion 11 contains an exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability. VMWare Fusion is an application for Mac operating systems that allows users to run other OSs in a virtual environment, such as W

October 25, 2019 12:32

Threat Roundup for October 18 to October 25

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 18 and Oct. 25. 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

October 25, 2019 10:02

Beers with Talos Ep. #64: Your problem isn’t complex, it's simply complexity

By Mitch Neff Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 64 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded Oct. 10, 2019 This episode lives up to its name, by trying to only take

October 24, 2019 14:00

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 24, 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. Never assume that a malware family is really dead. We’ve done it time and time again with things like Emotet, and Gu

October 24, 2019 13:01

Cisco Talos helps CISOs get back to basics with advisory series

At Cisco Talos, we try to build detections for every threat we see to provide customers with a portfolio capable of identifying and stopping threats at various stages of an attack's lifecycle. Deploying the best suite of layered security tools is an integral part of protectin

October 24, 2019 12:56

CISO Advisory: Governance & Risk Management

In the first in a series of CISO Advisories this paper address Governance & Risk Management as a fundamental part of any cyber security strategy. Download the paper here. Access the series introduction and index here.

October 21, 2019 10:46

Gustuff return, new features for victims

By Vitor Ventura with contributions from Chris Neal. Executive summary The Gustuff banking trojan is back with new features, months after initially appearing targeting financial institutions in Australia. Cisco Talos first reported on Gustuff in April. Soon after, the actors be

October 18, 2019 12:44

Threat Roundup for October 11 to October 18

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 11 and Oct. 18. 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

October 17, 2019 14:32

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in YouPHPTube

Yuri Kramarz of Security Advisory EMEAR discovered these vulnerabilities. YouPHPTube contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to carry out a variety of malicious activities. Specially crafted, attacker-created web requests can allow an attacker to inject SQ