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August 22, 2018 12:00

Picking Apart Remcos Botnet-In-A-Box

This blog post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin and Holger Unterbrink with contributions from Eric Kuhla and Lilia Gonzalez Medina. Overview Cisco Talos has recently observed multiple campaigns using the Remcos remote access tool (RAT) that is offered for sale by a company cal

August 17, 2018 13:26

Threat Roundup for August 10-17

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 10 and August 17. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highligh

August 14, 2018 14:26

Microsoft Tuesday August 2018

Microsoft released its monthly set of security advisories today for vulnerabilities that have been identified and addressed in various products. This month's advisory release addresses 62 new vulnerabilities, 20 of which are rated “critical,” 38 that are rated “important,” on

August 10, 2018 15:05

Threat Roundup for August 3-10

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 Aug. 3 - 10. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve

August 6, 2018 09:39

The Official Talos Guide to Security Summer Camp 2018

It is once again time for the week in the summer when many of us descend on Las Vegas for Black Hat, DEF CON, and B-Sides LasVegas. This is your official guide to what the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at these shows and what some of our colleagues around Cisco Se

August 2, 2018 08:48

Exploitable or Not Exploitable? Using REVEN to Examine a NULL Pointer Dereference.

Authored by Aleksandar Nikolic. Executive summary It can be very time-consuming to determine if a bug is exploitable or not. In this post, we’ll show how to decide if a vulnerability is exploitable by tracing back along the path of execution that led to a crash. In this case,