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March 14, 2023 16:08

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for March 2023 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft disclosed 83 vulnerabilities across the company’s hardware and software line, including two issues that are actively being exploited in the wild, continuing a trend of zero-days appearing in Patch Tuesdays over the past few months.

March 14, 2023 07:00

Talos uncovers espionage campaigns targeting CIS countries, embassies and EU health care agency

Cisco Talos has identified a new espionage oriented threat actor, which we are naming “YoroTrooper,” targeting a multitude of entities in Europe and Turkey.

March 13, 2023 08:00

Researcher Spotlight: How David Liebenberg went from never having opened Terminal to hunting international APTs

When Dave Liebenberg started his first day at Talos, he had never even opened Terminal on a Mac before — let alone written a Snort rule or infiltrated a dark web forum.

March 9, 2023 14:00

Threat Source newsletter (March 9, 2023) — Stop freaking out about ChatGPT

Don't expect AI to suddenly start stealing jobs or making malware more powerful.

March 9, 2023 08:02

Prometei botnet improves modules and exhibits new capabilities in recent updates

The high-profile botnet, focused on mining cryptocurrency, is back with new Linux versions.

March 3, 2023 15:00

Threat Roundup (Feb. 24 - March 3)

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 24 and March 3. 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

March 2, 2023 14:00

Threat Source newsletter (March 2, 2023) — Little victories in the fight against ransomware

Serious sanctions and legal consequences may be slowing ransomware groups down, but it's still unclear if this is a permanent shift.

February 24, 2023 08:00

February 24th

Today marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. While there is much we could say, we will simply reiterate our unwavering support of our colleagues, partners, and the people of Ukraine as they defend their country and our hope that peace and comfort come quickly to them.

February 24, 2023 06:00

Threat Round up for February 17 to February 24

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. 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