Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple vulnerabilities in Atlassian Jira
Ben Taylor of Cisco ASIG discovered these vulnerabilities. Atlassian’s Jira software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to carry out a variety of actions, including the disclosure of sensitive information and the remote execution of JavaScript code. J
Threat Roundup for September 6 to September 13
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Sept. 6 and Sept. 13. 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
Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 12, 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. You’ve heard it a million times: Always patch. But in case you needed another example that it’s important, Cisco Inc
Watchbog and the Importance of Patching
What Happened? Cisco Incident Response (CSIRS) recently responded to an incident involving the Watchbog cryptomining botnet. The attackers were able to exploit CVE-2018-1000861 to gain a foothold and install the Watchbog malware on the affected systems. This Linux-based malw
Beers with Talos Ep. #61: Hacking for good is a bad idea
Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast episode No. 61 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. 30, 2019: In this extra-sized episode, we cover a lot, starting with Retadup, and d
Microsoft Patch Tuesday — Sept. 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
Vulnerability Spotlight: Denial-of-service vulnerabilities in some NETGEAR routers
Dave McDaniel of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. The NETGEAR N300 line of wireless routers contains two denial-of-service vulnerabilities. The N300 is a small and affordable wireless router that contains the basic features of a wireless router. An attacker could e
Threat Roundup for August 30 to September 6
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Aug. 30 and Sept. 6. 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 (Sept. 5, 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. By now, nearly everyone has heard of BlueKeep. It definitely sounds scary, with of this talk of wormable bugs and Wa