Go RAT, Go! AthenaGo points “TorWords” Portugal
This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin with contributions from Angel Villegas Summary Talos is constantly monitoring the threat landscape in an effort to identify changes in the way attackers are attempting to target organizations around the world. We identified a unique m
When A Pony Walks Out Of A Pub
This blog was authored by Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Talos has observed a small email campaign leveraging the use of Microsoft Publisher files. These .pub files are normally used for the publishing of documents such as newsletters, allowing users to create such document
Vulnerability Spotlight - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator DataChannel Blind SQL Injection Vulnerability
Talos is today disclosing TALOS-2016-0229 / CVE-2016-8027. This is an exploitable blind SQL injection vulnerability exists within McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator 5.3.0 that is accessible without user authentication. A specially crafted HTTP POST can allow an attacker to alter a
EyePyramid: An Archaeological Journey
This post authored by Mariano Graziano and Paul Rascagneres Summary The last few days a malware sample named EyePyramid has received considerable attention, especially in Italy. The Italian police have arrested two suspects and also published a preliminary report of the investi
Matryoshka Doll Reconnaissance Framework
This post authored by David Maynor & Paul Rascagneres with the contribution of Alex McDonnell and Matthew Molyett Overview Talos has identified a malicious Microsoft Word document with several unusual features and an advanced workflow, performing reconnaissance on the ta
Vulnerability Spotlight - LibBPG Image Decoding Code Execution
Discovered by Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0223 / CVE-2016-8710. An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerabi
Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC jpeg Decoder Vulnerability
Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Talos is disclosing TALOS-2016-0259 / CVE-2017-2971 an uninitialized memory vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the largest and well known PDF readers available today. This particul
Without Necurs, Locky Struggles
This post authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Jaeson Schultz Locky has been a devastating force for the last year in the spam and ransomware landscape. The Locky variant of ransomware has been responsible for huge amounts of spam messages being sent on a daily basis
Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Oracle Outside In Technology
These vulnerabilities were discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos. Summary Oracle's Outside In Technology (OIT) is a set of SDKs that software developers can use to perform various actions against a large number of different file formats. According to the OIT web