Vulnerability Spotlight: Content Security Policy bypass in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Apple Safari

The vulnerabilities were discovered by Nicolai Grødum of Cisco. Today, Talos is releasing details of vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft Edge browser as well as older versions of Google Chrome (CVE-2017-5033) and browsers based on the Webkit such as Apple Safari (CVE-2017-24

Graftor - But I Never Asked for This…

Threat Round Up for Aug 25 - Sep 1

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 25 and September 1. 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 highlig

Back to Basics: Worm Defense in the Ransomware Age

This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana The Prequel In March 2017, Microsoft released a security update for various versions of Windows, which addressed a remote code execution vu

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Gdk-Pixbuf Vulnerabilities

Overview Today, Talos is disclosing the discovery of two remote code execution vulnerabilities which have been identified in the Gdk-Pixbuf Toolkit. This toolkit used in multiple desktop applications including Chromium, Firefox, GNOME thumbnailer, VLC and others. Exploiting thi

Vulnerability Spotlight: Code Execution Vulnerability in LabVIEW

Vulnerability discovered by Cory Duplantis of Cisco Talos. Update: 9/1/17 - National Instruments has published the following advisory Overview LabVIEW is a system design and development platform released by National Instruments. The software is widely used to create applicatio

Beers with Talos EP11 - This is How the World Ends, Not with a Whimper but with Cyber Mercenaries

Beers with Talos (BWT) Podcast Episode 11 is now available.  Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing: www.talosintelligence.com/podcast Beers with Talos is a fast-paced, smart, and humorous podcast focused on sec

Vulnerability Spotlight: Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters Code Execution Bugs

Overview Talos is disclosing a pair of code execution vulnerabilities in Lexmark Perceptive Document Filters. Perceptive Document Filters are a series of libraries that are used to parse massive amounts of different types of file formats for multiple purposes. Talos has previous

Threat Round-up for Aug 11 - Aug 18

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 11 and August 18. 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 highlight