Talos Linux ships runc vulnerable to the escape to the host attack

Impact Snyk has discovered a vulnerability in all versions of runc =1.1.11, as used by the Docker engine, along with other containerization technologies such as Kubernetes. Exploitation of this issue can result in container escape to the underlying host OS, either through executing a malicious...

Why is the cost of cyber insurance rising?

I just bought an electric car last week, so Ive been shopping for new car insurance policies that could offer me a discount for ditching gas. Were all familiar with the boring process of entering the same information 10 times over into 10 different companies websites trying to see who comes out t...

Critical vulnerability in ManageEngine could lead to file creation, dozens of other vulnerabilities disclosed by Talos to start 2024

Cisco Talos Vulnerability Research team has disclosed dozens of vulnerabilities over the past month, including more than 30 advisories in GTKWave and a critical vulnerability in ManageEngine OpManager. Cisco ASIG also recently discovered an information disclosure vulnerability in...

Free Decryptor Released for Black Basta and Babuk's Tortilla Ransomware Victims

A decryptor for the Tortilla variant of the Babuk ransomware has been released by Cisco Talos, allowing victims targeted by the malware to regain access to their files. The cybersecurity firm said the threat intelligence it shared with Dutch law enforcement authorities made it possible to arrest...

Microsoft starts off new year with relatively light Patch Tuesday, no zero-days

Microsoft followed up one of the lightest recent Patch Tuesdays in December with another month of no zero-day vulnerabilities and only two critical issues. Many of the companys monthly security updates in 2023 included vulnerabilities that were actively being exploited in the wild or had publicly...

New decryptor for Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant released

Cisco Talos obtained executable code capable of decrypting files affected by the Babuk Tortilla ransomware variant, allowing Talos to extract and share the private decryption key used by the threat actor. Cisco Talos shared the key with our peers at Avast for inclusion in the Avast Babuk decrypto...

Video series discussing the major threat actor trends from 2023

In this video series, Talos Director of Threat Intelligence and Interdiction Matt Olney and Head of Outreach Nick Biasini share their insights on the most significant cybersecurity threats from the past year. From attacks on network infrastructure to the latest APT activities, as well as an updat...

instipod DuoUniversalKeycloakAuthenticator challenge information disclosure vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2023-1907 instipod DuoUniversalKeycloakAuthenticator challenge information disclosure vulnerability December 23, 2023 CVE Number CVE-2023-49594 SUMMARY An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the challenge functionality of instipod...

Intellexa and Cytrox: From fixer-upper to Intel Agency-grade spyware

By Mike Gentile, Asheer Malhotra and Vitor Ventura. Editors note: This blog post is a public version of a talk presented at LabsCon 2023 on Sept. 22, 2023. You can watch a recording of the talk here. Some of the intelligence presented at LabsCon was later confirmed by an Amnesty International blo...

8220 Gang Targets Telecom and Healthcare in Global Cryptojacking Attack

By Deeba Ahmed The 8220 gang, believed to be of Chinese origins, was first identified in 2017 by Cisco Talos when they targeted Drupal, Hadoop YARN, and Apache Struts2 applications for propagating cryptojacking malware. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 8220 Gang Targets...

A personal Year in Review to round out 2023

As youve probably seen by now, Talos released our 2023 Year in Review report last week. Its an extremely comprehensive look at the top threats, attacker trends and malware families from the past year with never-before-seen Cisco Talos telemetry. We have podcasts, long-form videos and even Reddit...

Imperva Detects Undocumented 8220 Gang Activities

Imperva Threat Research has detected previously undocumented activity from the 8220 gang, which is known for the mass deployment of malware using a variety of continuously evolving TTPs. This threat actor has been known to target both Windows and Linux web servers with cryptojacking malware. In...

Lazarus Group Using Log4j Exploits to Deploy Remote Access Trojans

The notorious North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new global campaign that involves the opportunistic exploitation of security flaws in Log4j to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans RATs on compromised hosts. Cisco Talos is tracking...

Video: Talos 2023 Year in Review highlights

In this video, experts from across Cisco Talos came together to discuss the 2023 Talos Year in Review. We chat about whats new, whats stayed the same, and how the geopolitical environment has affected the threat landscape. This video was recorded live on social media: Read the 2023 Cisco Talos Ye...

Beers with Talos episode 141: The TurkeyLurkey Man wants YOU to read Talos' Year in Review report

In this episode the Beers with Talos team, led by special guest Dave Liebenberg, set out to save Thanksgiving. The TurkeyLurkey man is the hero that everybody needs, but perhaps dont deserve. For fans and opposers of Daves Ranksgiving list, youll be pleased to know hes back with a whole new order...

Project PowerUp – Helping to keep the lights on in Ukraine in the face of electronic warfare

As Russias invasion of Ukraine entered its first winter in late 2022, nearly half of Ukraines energy infrastructure had been destroyed, leaving millions without power. The resulting energy deficit has exacerbated something that hasnt had much media attention: The effects of electronic GPS jammers...

New SugarGh0st RAT targets Uzbekistan government and South Korea

Cisco Talos recently discovered a malicious campaign that likely started as early as August 2023, delivering a new remote access trojan RAT we dubbed "SugarGh0st." We found evidence suggesting the threat actor is targeting the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and users in South Korea. We...

Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel could lead to arbitrary code execution

Cisco Talos Vulnerability Research team recently worked with Adobe and Microsoft to patch multiple vulnerabilities in the Acrobat and Excel software, respectively, that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Talos also disclosed six vulnerabilities in the Weston Embedded µC-HTTP HTTP server...

Understanding the Phobos affiliate structure and activity

Cisco Talos recently identified the most prolific Phobos variants, common affiliate tactics, techniques and procedures TTPs, and characteristics of the Phobos affiliate structure, based on observed Phobos activity and analysis of over 1,000 Phobos samples from VirusTotal dating back to 2019. We...

7 common mistakes companies make when creating an incident response plan and how to avoid them

Cisco Talos recently covered the basics of NIS2, a new set of requirements for cybersecurity and security incident disclosures set to take effect next year in the European Union. As part of these new guidelines, organizations with operations in the EU must have up-to-date "incident handling"...