Beers with Talos Ep. #60: Summer camp flashbacks and defining your intel
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 60 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded Aug. 16, 2019 — The understatement of the day would be the guys were in some kind of moo
Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 22)
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. What’s old is new again. Our research this week centers around a series of long-lasting threat actors and malware t
RAT Ratatouille: Backdooring PCs with leaked RATs
Executive summary Orcus RAT and RevengeRAT are two of the most popular remote access trojans (RATs) in use across the threat landscape. Since its emergence in 2016, various adversaries used RevengeRAT to attack organizations and individuals around the world. The source code asso
China Chopper still active 9 years later
By Paul Rascagneres and Vanja Svajcer. Introduction Threats will commonly fade away over time as they're discovered, reported on, and detected. But China Chopper has found a way to stay relevant, active and effective nine years after its initial discovery. China Chopper is
Threat Roundup for August 16 to August 23
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 16 and Aug. 23. 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
Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 22)
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. A lot of people may think that cyber insurance is this new, unexplored field that carries a lot of questions. But di
New 4CAN tool helps identify vulnerabilities in on-board car computers
By Alex DeTrano, Jason Royes, and Matthew Valites. Executive summary Modern automobiles contain hundreds of sensors and mechanics that communicate via computers to understand their surrounding environment. Those components provide real-time information to drivers, connect the
Talos DEFCON badge build instructions and use
By Patrick Mullen. We want to thank everyone who stopped by the Cisco Talos booth at DEFCON's Blue Team Village earlier this month. We handed out these badges at our area where we had Snort rules challenges, reverse-Capture the Flag and recruiters ready to answer attendees&
What you — and your company — should know about cyber insurance
By Jon Munshaw and Joe Marshall. It’s no longer a question of “if” any given company or organization is going to be hit with a cyber attack — it’s when. And when that attack comes, who is willing to take on that risk? For some groups, it may be that they feel they are fully pre