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Stalkerware Attacks Increased 50 Percent Last Year, Report
The number of stalkerware attacks on mobile devices increased 50 percent over the last year, showing an upward and continued trend in the emerging threat, researchers said. Over the past year, the instances of stalkerware—which tracks users without their knowledge and can result in harassment,...
Defending the power grid against supply chain attacks—Part 1: The risk defined
Most people don’t think about electricity. If the internet works, their food is refrigerated, and their debit card is approved, why should they? Its ubiquity and reliability render it invisible—a bit of magic that powers much of modern life. That is, until a large storm passes through. Localized...
Quarterly Report: Incident Response trends in fall 2019
By David Liebenberg and Kendall McKay. While many Cisco Talos Incident Response CTIR engagements have shown similar patterns over the past two quarters, we’re seeing a dangerous trend emerge this winter. Threat actors are increasingly combining the exfiltration of sensitive data along with data...
Hackers Exploited Twitter Bug to Find Linked Phone Numbers of Users
Twitter today issued a warning revealing that attackers abused a legitimate functionality on its platform to unauthorizedly determine phone numbers associated with millions of its users' accounts. According to Twitter, the vulnerability resided in one of the APIs that has been designed to make it...
Hackers Exploited Twitter Bug to Find Linked Phone Numbers of Users
Twitter today issued a warning revealing that attackers abused a legitimate functionality on its platform to unauthorizedly determine phone numbers associated with millions of its users' accounts. According to Twitter, the vulnerability resided in one of the APIs that has been designed to make it...
CVE-2020-8515
DrayTek Vigor2960 1.3.1Beta, Vigor3900 1.4.4Beta, and Vigor300B 1.3.3Beta, 1.4.2.1Beta, and 1.4.4Beta devices allow remote code execution as root without authentication via shell metacharacters to the cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi URI. This issue has been fixed in Vigor3900/2960/300B v1.5.1. Recent...
Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 30, 2020)
Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Be sure to pay close attention Tuesday for some changes we have coming to Snort.org. We’ll spare you the details for now, but please bea...
Fake Smart Factory Honeypot Highlights New Attack Threats
A honeypot set up to observe the current security landscape in smart manufacturing systems observed numerous threats—including cryptomining malware and ransomware—in just a few months, highlighting the new threats that industrial control systems ICS face with increased exposure to the internet...
NSA Releases Guidance on Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities
The National Security Agency NSA has released an information sheet with guidance on mitigating cloud vulnerabilities. NSA identifies cloud security components and discusses threat actors, cloud vulnerabilities, and potential mitigation measures. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agenc...
Beers with Talos Ep. #70: Semper Vigilantes - Strategic Defense in a Cyber Conflict
By Mitch Neff. Beers with Talos BWT Podcast episode No. 70 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded Jan. 6, 2020 There is a looming cyber conflict on the horizon between the U.S. and Iran. We use a...
Critical Windows Vulnerability Discovered by NSA
Yesterday's Microsoft Windows patches included a fix for a critical vulnerability in the system's crypto library. A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows CryptoAPI Crypt32.dll validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC certificates. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by using a...
Top 19+ Vulnerability CVEs in Santa’s Dashboard Tracking
A recent report identified 19+ vulnerabilities that should be mitigated by end of year 2019. These are a range of top vulnerabilities attacked and leveraged by Advance Persistent Threat APT actors from all parts of the world. The list below shows those top 19 vulnerabilities, and it should be no...
Spelevo exploit kit debuts new social engineering trick
2019 has been a busy year for exploit kits, despite the fact that they haven't been considered a potent threat vector for years, especially on the consumer side. This time, we discovered the Spelevo exploit kit with its virtual pants down, attempting to capitalize on the popularity of adult...
ID Thieves Turn to Snail Mail as Juicy Target for Financial Crimes
As it gets harder for cybercriminals to bypass business email compromise BEC defenses, some hackers are switching from email scams to real-mail cons. Researchers at Flashpoint said they are monitoring hacker forums where criminals are swapping tips on a growing ID theft and financial crime area,...
Three Areas to Consider, to Focus Your Cyber-Plan
How’s this for concerning news: Half of all organizations don’t have the wherewithal to stop malicious actors from stealing sensitive information, taking down critical assets or damaging customer trust. According to a recent report from FireEye, 51 percent of organizations don’t believe they are...
Customer Guidance for the Dopplepaymer Ransomware
Microsoft has been investigating recent attacks by malicious actors using the Dopplepaymer ransomware. There is misleading information circulating about Microsoft Teams, along with references to RDP BlueKeep, as ways in which this malware spreads. Our security research teams have investigated and...
Customer Guidance for the Dopplepaymer Ransomware
Microsoft has been investigating recent attacks by malicious actors using the Dopplepaymerransomware. There is misleading information circulating about Microsoft Teams, along with references to RDP BlueKeep, as ways in which this malware spreads. Our security research teams have investigated and...
NCSC-NZ Releases Annual Cyber Threat Report
The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ has released their annual report detailing cyber threats and incidents affecting New Zealand from July 2018 to June 2019. During this period, NCSC-NZ recorded an increase in the severity of cybersecurity incidents—particularly from...
threat_note - DPS' Lightweight Investigation Notebook
threatnote is a web application built by Defense Point Security to allow security researchers the ability to add and retrieve indicators related to their research. As of right now this includes the ability to add IP Addresses, Domains and Threat Actors, with more types being added in the future...
