Talos

Ransomware crew infects 100+ orgs monthly with new MedusaLocker variant

Exclusive Crooks 'like a sysadmin, with a malicious slant'

Security03 Oct 2024 | 3

Multiple flaws in Microsoft macOS apps unpatched despite potential risks

Windows giant tells Cisco Talos it isn't fixing them

Research19 Aug 2024 | 20

Ransomware crews investing in custom data stealing malware

BlackByte, LockBit among the criminals using bespoke tools

Malware Month10 Jul 2024 |

The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

Updated 'Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,' we're told

Security07 Feb 2024 | 35

Alien versus Predator? No, this Android spyware works together

Phone-hugging code can record calls, read messages, track geolocation, access camera, other snooping

Research27 May 2023 | 8

How do you hunt cybersecurity threats in a war zone? Like this

Interview The Reg speaks to a founder of Cisco Talos Ukraine task force

Defense Tech Week07 Apr 2023 | 1

SBOM is a 'massive galaxy of mess' for supply chain security

SCSW Talos team warns on third-party threats, but will it work? Betteridge's Law may apply

Systems28 Feb 2023 | 7

Microsoft closes another door to attackers by blocking Excel XLL files from the internet

More of them used by baddies since Redmond blocked VBA macros

Research25 Jan 2023 | 6

Microsoft took its macros and went home, so miscreants turned to Windows LNK files

Adapt or die

Research23 Jan 2023 | 6

Cisco’s Talos security bods predict new wave of Excel Hell

Criminals have noticed that spreadsheet's XLL files add custom functionality - including malware

Security21 Dec 2022 | 15

Ransomware down this year – but there's a catch

2021 was such a banner year for extortionists, 2022 is gonna look rosy in comparison

Cyber-crime26 Oct 2022 | 1

Dark Utilities C2 service draws thousands of cyber criminals

Nascent platform provides miscreants an easier and cheaper way to launch remote access, DDoS, and other attacks

Security08 Aug 2022 | 1

Talos names eight deadly sins in widely used industrial software

Entire swaths of gear relies on vulnerability-laden Open Automation Software (OAS)

Patches27 May 2022 | 6

This is a BlackCat you don't want crossing your path

Plus: Android trojan in 100,000+ app installs, Solaris malware

Security22 Mar 2022 | 3

India under attack by rapidly-evolving advanced persistent threat actor SideCopy, says Cisco Talos

Gang is using custom RATs malware to target government employees, and has an interest in Pakistan, too

Security08 Jul 2021 |

Imperva cloud firewall pwned, D-Link bug uncovered – plus more

Roundup Including: Visual Studio Code debug hole found

Security14 Oct 2019 | 2

Insane in the domain: Sea Turtle hackers pwn DNS orgs to dash web surfers on the rocks of phishing pages

Website settings altered to point visitors to malicious clones

Security17 Apr 2019 | 15

Running Elasticsearch 1.4.2 or earlier? There's targeted malware going for your boxen

Yes it's years out of date but there's no such thing as security through obscurity

Security27 Feb 2019 |

Q. What connects the global financial crisis, Ursnif malware, and Coldplay's Viva la Vida?

A. Bad things from 2008 we can't seem to shake

Security28 Jan 2019 | 6

'Bomb threat' scammers linked to earlier sextortion campaign

Scare tactic efforts may be the work of a single group

Security15 Dec 2018 | 29

UK white hats blacklisted by Cisco Talos after smart security code stumbles

Cisco gracefully says it won't charge for the privilege

Security13 Dec 2018 | 20

Cisco smells a RAT in Breaking Security's Remcos PC wrangler

Updated Researchers claim pentesting software being used for botnets

Security22 Aug 2018 | 8

VPNFilter router malware is a lot worse than everyone thought

More affected devices. More damage. And what looks like an escalation in attacks

Security07 Jun 2018 | 57

Advanced VPNFilter malware menacing routers worldwide

Cisco's Talos team says 500k already pwned and leaking data

Security23 May 2018 | 33

Russian malware harvesting Telegram Desktop creds, chats

Python programmer may have outed himself on YouTube

Security17 May 2018 | 10

Spectre shenanigans, Nork hackers upgrade, bad WD drives and more

Roundup Your weekly dose of infosec odds'n'sods

Security03 Feb 2018 | 14

Good news, everyone: Ransomware declining. Bad news: Miscreants are turning to crypto-mining on infected PCs

Screw asking for digi-coins. Craft 'em on 500,000 computers

Security01 Feb 2018 | 23

CCleaner targeted top tech companies in attempt to lift IP

Infected Avast tool's payload went after the likes of Microsoft, Intel and Cisco, hit 20 targets

Security21 Sep 2017 | 49

Microsoft won't patch Edge browser content security bypass

Tells Cisco's Talos it's a feature, not a bug. Apple and Google disagree and fixed it

Security07 Sep 2017 | 37

Apache Struts 2 needs patching, without delay. It's under attack now

Black hats testing remote code execution zero-day vulnerability

Security09 Mar 2017 | 5

Talos opens box, three Aerospike vulns fly out

NoSQL server, but a big unhappy Yes to the question of security worries

Security22 Feb 2017 | 2

Wavering about Apple's latest security fix? Don't, says Talos

The very image of a remote exploit

Software21 Jul 2016 | 13

Time for a patch: six vulns fixed in NTP daemon

What's the time? It's time to get ill. Unless you fix these beastly flaws

Security28 Apr 2016 | 7

SamSam ransomware shifts from hospitals to schools via JBoss hole

With 3.2 million unpatched servers, scum have a lot of targets

Security19 Apr 2016 | 4

'Malicious time source' can poison Network Time Protocol

Think of this as an evil TARDIS dropping servers into a time rift

Security22 Oct 2015 | 6

Cisco tool IDs malware in the firmware

Your SYNs, forgiven

Security25 Sep 2015 | 4

Cisco's RAT-catchers spot sysadmin-targeted phish

Tricks admin tool into sucking down the malware

Security27 Aug 2015 | 4

Coming in 2014: Scary super-soldier exoskeleton suits from the US military

Iron Man-esque armor prototypes next year, deployment in 2018

Legal31 Dec 2013 | 105

OCZ unsheathes Talos flash talons

Another flash drive clawing into HDD business

Channel01 Aug 2011 | 1