Anatomy of a sextortion scam
While these attacks have been in the wild for months, Talos wanted to take a closer look at some of these campaigns to see why users were being tricked into sending the attackers large amounts of bitcoin despite the attackers' empty threats.
Talos Vulnerability Discovery Year in Review - 2018
GPlayed's younger brother is a banker — and it's after Russian banks
Threat Roundup for October 19 to October 26
Today, Talos is is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Oct. 19 and Oct. 26. 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 highlightin
Vulnerability Spotlight: Talos-2018-0694 - MKVToolNix mkvinfo read_one_element Code Execution Vulnerability
Piotr Bania, Cory Duplantis and Martin Zeiser of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing a vulnerability that we identified in the MKVToolNix mkvinfo utility that parses the Matroska file format video files (.mkv files). MKVToolNix
Beers with Talos EP40: BWT XL feat. SuperMicro, Giant Patches, and More Mobile Malware
Threat Roundup for October 12 to October 19
Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Oct. 12 and 19. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’v