Threat Source Newsletter (April 1, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We hope you’re enjoying Cisco Live this week and only reading this after you’ve caught up on your sessions for the day. No April Fool’s jokes here thankfully — we are just excited to tell you that applications... This is only the...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear

Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered multiple out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in Accusoft ImageGear that an adversary could exploit to corrupt memory on the targeted machine. The ImageGear library is a... This i...

Cheating the cheater: How adversaries are using backdoored video game cheat engines and modding tools

By Nick Lister and Holger Unterbrink, with contributions from Vanja Svajcer. News summary Cisco Talos recently discovered a new campaign targeting video game players and other PC modders.Talos detected a new cryptor used in several different malware campaigns hidden in seemingly legitimate files...

Genivia gSOAP WS-Addressing plugin code execution vulnerability redux

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2021-1245 Genivia gSOAP WS-Addressing plugin code execution vulnerability redux March 24, 2021 CVE Number CVE-2021-21783 Summary A code execution vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP...

Threat Source newsletter (March 18, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Start spreading the word now, the Snort scholarship is back for 2021! This year, we’re giving away two $10,000 awards to two college students who are studying cybersecurity or another IT-related field. Applications open on April 1...

Threat Roundup for March 5 to March 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between March 5 and March 12. 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 characteristic...

Talos Takes Ep. #44: A roundtable discussion on SolarWinds

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. Welcome to the first-ever XL edition of Talos Takes. This one is a little longer than usual, but we promise you it’s worth it. We recently...

Threat Source newsletter (March 11, 2021) — Featuring new SolarWinds roundtable

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We have a special edition of the Threat Source newsletter to bring you this week, because we’re premiering a new video for you right now! Below, you’ll find a full roundtable we put together discussing the SolarWinds supply chain...

Threat Roundup for February 26 to March 5

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 26 and March 5. 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 characteristics...

Talos Takes Ep. #43: What you should know about the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. We put this episode together quickly this week to address the zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft disclosed earlier this week in Exchange...

Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection

Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans RATs under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Tal...

Threat Roundup for February 19 to February 26

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 19 and Feb. 26. 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 characteristics...

Talos Takes Ep. #42: Seriously folks, save your logs

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. When Pierre Cadieux steps into a Cisco Talos Incident Response engagement, the first thing he wants to do is check out the customer's logs...

Beers with Talos Ep. #101: Is security the career you really want?

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast episode No. 101 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:Apple Podcasts Google PodcastsSpotify StitcherIf iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. By Mitch Neff. Recorded Jan. 22, 2020 – We get a lot of questions in Talos...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Slic3r could lead to information disclosure

Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw. Cisco Talos recently discovered an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Slic3r's library. Slic3r is an open-source 3-D printing toolbox, mainly utilized for translating assorted 3-D printing model file types into machine cod...

Threat Roundup for February 12 to February 19

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 12 and Feb. 19. 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 characteristics...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 18, 2021)

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. Whether you want to read Talos’ research or listen to it, we’ve got plenty of options for you this week. Beers with Talos hit its 100th episode last week. To celebrate, we brought Nigel back out of retirement to update us on the...

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Micrologix 1100

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: Rockwell Automation Equipment: Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 Vulnerability: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability...

Threat Roundup for February 5 to February 12

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 5 and Feb. 12. 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 characteristics,...

Talos Takes Ep. #41: The tl;dr of Snort 3

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. This week's episode is for all our SNORTⓇ lovers out there. To celebrate last month's release of the Snort 3 GA, we have Nicholas Mavis on...