EMEAR Monthly Talos Update: Wiper malware

Cisco Talos and Cisco Secure are launching a new video series to fill you in on the latest cybersecurity trends. We’re thrilled to launch our first video in the new Talos Threat Update series, which you can watch above or over at this link, where Martin Lee and Hazel Burton talk about wiper... Th...

Vulnerability Spotlight: How an attacker could chain several vulnerabilities in an industrial wireless router to gain root access

Francesco Benvenuto of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Francesco Benvenuto and Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities in InHand Networks’ InRouter302 that could allow an attacker to escalate their privileges on the targeted device from a... This...

Bitter APT adds Bangladesh to their targets

Cisco Talos has observed an ongoing malicious campaign since August 2021 from the Bitter APT group that appears to target users in Bangladesh, a change from the attackers' usual victims.As part of this, there's a new trojan based on Apost Talos is calling "ZxxZ," that, among other... This is only...

Talos Incident Response added to German BSI Advanced Persistent Threat response list

Cisco Talos Incident Response is now listed as an approved vendor on the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik BSI Advanced Persistent Threat APT response service providers list. Talos Incident Response successfully demonstrated to the BSI, through a review of our processes and a...

Mustang Panda deploys a new wave of malware targeting Europe

By Jung soo An, Asheer Malhotra and Justin Thattil, with contributions from Aliza Berk and Kendall McKay. In February 2022, corresponding roughly with the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Cisco Talos began observing the China-based threat actor Mustang Panda conducting phishing...

Threat Roundup for April 29 to May 6

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 29 and May 6. 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 key behavioral...

Experts Uncover New Espionage Attacks by Chinese 'Mustang Panda' Hackers

The China-based threat actor known as Mustang Panda has been observed refining and retooling its tactics and malware to strike entities located in Asia, the European Union, Russia, and the U.S. "Mustang Panda is a highly motivated APT group relying primarily on the use of topical lures and social...

Conti and Hive ransomware operations: What we learned from these groups' victim chats

As part of Cisco Talos’ continuous efforts to learn more about the current ransomware landscape, we recently examined a trove of chat logs between the Conti and Hive ransomware gangs and their victims. Ransomware-as-a-service groups have exploded in popularity over the past few years, with these...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Two vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear could lead to DoS, arbitrary free

Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered two new vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear. The ImageGear library is a document-imaging developer toolkit that allows users to create, edit, annotate and convert... This is on...

Threat Roundup for April 22 to April 29

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 22 and April 29. 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 key behavioral... This is on...

Researcher Spotlight: Liz Waddell, CTIR practice lead

How this Talos team member’s love of true crime led to a life in cybersecurity By Jon Munshaw. Liz Waddell is usually there on someone’s worst day of their professional lives. Chief technology officers and chief information security officers can hope all they want that the... This is only the...

FBI Warns of BlackCat Ransomware That Breached Over 60 Organisations Worldwide

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI is sounding the alarm on the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service RaaS, which it said victimized at least 60 entities worldwide between as of March 2022 since its emergence last November. Also called ALPHV and Noberus, the malware is notable for being the...

Threat Roundup for April 15 to April 22

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 15 and April 22. 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 key behavioral... This is on...

Watch Out! Cryptocurrency Miners Targeting Dockers, AWS and Alibaba Cloud

LemonDuck, a cross-platform cryptocurrency mining botnet, is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems as part of an active malware campaign. "It runs an anonymous mining operation by the use of proxy pools, which hide the wallet addresses," CrowdStrike said in a new report. "It...

Beers with Talos, Ep. #120: How attackers are finding ways around MFA

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast episode No. 120 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify StitcherRecorded April 6, 2022 If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. The trend of... This is only the beginning! Please...

Threat Roundup for April 8 to April 15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 8 and April 15. 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 key behavioral...

Haskers Gang Gives Away ZingoStealer Malware to Other Cybercriminals for Free

A crimeware-related threat actor known as Haskers Gang has released an information-stealing malware called ZingoStealer for free on, allowing other criminal groups to leverage the tool for nefarious purposes. "It features the ability to steal sensitive information from victims and can download...

Threat Roundup for April 1 to April 8

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between April 1 and April 8. 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 key behavioral...

Vulnerability in Spring Cloud Function Framework Affecting Cisco Products: March 2022

On March 29, 2022, the following critical vulnerability in the Spring Cloud Function Framework affecting releases 3.1.6, 3.2.2, and older unsupported releases was disclosed: CVE-2022-22963: Remote code execution in Spring Cloud Function by malicious Spring Expression For a description of this...

Threat Roundup for March 25 to April 1

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 25 and April 1. 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 key behavioral...