BruCON Primer: 10 Years and Cisco Talos Talks

Cisco Talos will have a significant presence at the 10th edition of BruCON, which kicks off this week. Below, you will find the presentations that Talos researchers will give, along with a brief overview of the topics they will discuss. We are fortunate to have multiple speakers presenting this...

Beers with Talos Ep. #38 — More fun with VPNFilter; Getting pwnd via spreadsheet

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 38 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Ep. 38 show notes: Recorded Sept. 21, 2018 — The whole crew is back together! On the agenda today is VPNFilter part III, now...

Fancy Bear’s VPNfilter malware is back with 7 new modules

By Waqas Cisco’s Talos researchers have identified that Russia’s VPNfilter is way more dangerous than it is believed to be. The malware, which prompted the FBI to urge people to reboot their internet routers, contains seven additional third-stage modules that are infecting countless global...

IDA-minsc Wins Second Place in Hex-Rays Plugins Contest

Introduction Ali Rizvi-Santiago of Cisco Talos recently tied for second place in the IDA plugin contest with a plugin named "IDA-minsc." IDA is a multi-processor disassembler and debugger created by the company Hex-Rays and this year there were a total of four winners with nine submissions total...

Cyber Threat Alliance Releases Cryptomining Whitepaper

This post is authored by Ashlee Benge. Despite the recent devaluation of some cryptocurrencies, illicit cryptocurrency miners remain a lucrative and widespread attack vector in the threat landscape. These miners are easy to deploy, and attackers see it as a quick way to steal other users'...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday - September 2018

Microsoft released its monthly set of security updates today for a variety of its products that address a variety of bugs. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 61 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are rated "critical," 43 that are rated "important" and one that is considered to have "moderate" severity. Th...

Threat Roundup for August 31 to September 7

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed b...

Vulnerability Spotlight: TALOS-2018-0560 - ERPNext SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Yuri Kramar from the Cisco Security Advisor Team Overview Talos is disclosing multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Frappe ERPNext Version 10.1.6 application. Frappe ERPNext is an open-source enterprise resource planning ERP cloud application. These...

New Threat Actor ‘Rocke’: A Rising Monero Cryptomining Menace

Researchers are warning of a Chinese-language threat actor leveraging a wide array of Git repositories to infect vulnerable systems with Monero-based cryptomining malware. Researchers at Cisco Talos, who discovered the threat actor they call “Rocke”, said they have been tracking the adversary sin...

Threat Roundup for August 10-17

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between August 10 and August 17. 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 highlighting key behavioral...

The Official Talos Guide to Security Summer Camp 2018

It is once again time for the week in the summer when many of us descend on Las Vegas for Black Hat, DEF CON, and B-Sides LasVegas. This is your official guide to what the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at these shows and what some of our colleagues around Cisco Security are doing,...

Multiple Cobalt Personality Disorder

Introduction Despite the notion that modern cybersecurity protocols have stopped email-based attacks, email continues to be one of the primary attack vectors for malicious actors — both for widespread and targeted operations. Recently, Cisco Talos has observed numerous email-based attacks that ar...

Bugs in Samsung IoT Hub Leave Smart Home Open To Attack

Researchers found 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung’s SmartThings Hub, allowing attackers to control smart locks, remotely monitor the home via connected cameras and perform other alarming functions. Cisco Talos researchers, who published a technical breakdown of the vulnerabilities on Thursday, said...

Beers with Talos EP 34: Click Here to Assign New Mobile Device Owner

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 34 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. Ep. 34 show notes: Recorded July 20, 2018 — This week, we touch on several topics, but we spend the lion’s...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Executive Summary Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the Samsung SmartThings Hub. In accordance with our coordinated disclosure policy, Cisco Talos has worked with Samsung ...

TalosIntelligence.com is rolling out a new dispute system

At Cisco Talos, we need customers to be able to provide feedback at all times, whether it be about false positives, false negatives, or missed categories. Because we deal with an abundance of data across our platforms — such as IPS alerts, AMP alerts and more — feedback helps us test the efficacy...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Sony IPELA E Series Camera

Vulnerabilities discovered by Cory Duplantis and Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities discovered with the Sony IPELA E Series Network Camera. Sony IPELA Cameras are network-facing cameras used for monitoring and surveillance...

Beers with Talos EP33 - Change the Conversation or the People Having It?

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Episode 33 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. Ep. 33 show notes: Recorded July 6, 2018 - This episode is a bit less technical than most, as we discu...

VMSA-2018-0016 : VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities

ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of these issues may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal...

Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare Workstation DoS Vulnerability

Today, Talos is disclosing a vulnerability in VMWare Workstation that could result in Denial of Service. VMWare Workstation is a widely used virtualization platform designed to run alongside a normal operating system, allowing users to use both virtualized and physical systems concurrently...