Cyber Security Week in Review (March 1)

Vulnerability Spotlight: Remote code execution vulnerability in Antenna House Rainbow PDF Office Server Document Converter

Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Executive summary Antenna House Rainbow PDF Office Server Document Converter contains a heap overflow vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the victim machine. Rainbow PDF is a soft

Cisco Talos Honeypot Analysis Reveals Rise in Attacks on Elasticsearch Clusters

Christopher Evans of Cisco Talos conducted the research for this post. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cisco Talos warns users that they need to keep a close eye on unsecured Elasticsearch clusters. We have recently observed a spike in attacks from multiple threat actors targeting these clu

Beers with Talos Ep. #47: Privacy, Underwear, and Arias

Threat Roundup for Feb. 15 to Feb. 22

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 15 and Feb. 22. 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

Cyber Security Week in Review (Feb. 22)

Combing Through Brushaloader Amid Massive Detection Uptick

Nick Biasini and Edmund Brumaghin authored this blog post with contributions from Matthew Molyett. Executive Summary Over the past several months, Cisco Talos has been monitoring various malware distribution campaigns leveraging the malware loader Brushaloader to deliver malwa

JavaScript bridge makes malware analysis with WinDbg easier

Threat Roundup for Feb. 8 to Feb. 15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 08 and Feb. 15. 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