Vulnerability Spotlight: Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX could lead to command injection with elevated privileges
The issue could then allow the malicious actor to generate arbitrary logs which can trigger malicious commands to be run with elevated privileges.
Threat Roundup for April 14 to April 21
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 14 and April 21. 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
Threat Source newsletter (April 20, 2023) — Preview of Cisco and Talos at RSA
Heading to San Francisco next week? Here are all the Talos and Cisco Secure talks and events you won't want to miss.
State-sponsored campaigns target global network infrastructure
This campaign, dubbed "Jaguar Tooth," is an example of a much broader trend of sophisticated adversaries targeting networking infrastructure to advance espionage objectives or pre-position for future destructive activity.
Threat Roundup for April 7 to April 14
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 7 and April 14. 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
Threat Source newsletter (April 13, 2023) — Dark web forum whac-a-mole
Microsoft zero-days, dark web forum takedowns and Pentagon leaks on Discord in this week's newsletter.
Vulnerability Spotlight: Hard-coded password vulnerability could allow attacker to completely take over Lenovo Smart Clock
Talos also alerted Lenovo that the clock’s hardcoded root password is weak and easily guessed or cracked.
How threat actors are using AI and other modern tools to enhance their phishing attempts
Tools like ChatGPT aren't making social engineering attacks any more effective, but it does make it faster for actors to write up phishing emails.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2023 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
April is the third month in a row in which at least one of the vulnerabilities Microsoft released in a Patch Tuesday had been exploited in the wild prior to disclosure.