Reporting from Vegas: Networking, AI, and good boys

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Howdy friends, and hello from Cisco Live U.S., here in sunny and very hot Las Vegas! An interesting quirk of being sent to one of these events is you learn to understand your limits as a person. Cisco Live is a three-day event, and i...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 12, 2023): Did ChatGPT write our newsletter?

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. We tried to get ChatGPT to write this weeks newsletter but it was at capacity, so youll have to stick with us for another week. Or maybe thats just what the robots want you to think, you be the judge. The one big thing This week Talos...

Threat Source newsletter (July 7, 2022) — Teamwork makes the dream work

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the pros and cons of the way we publicize our threat research. I had a few conversations at Cisco Live with people — who are more generally IT-focused than... This is only the...

Threat Source newsletter (June 16, 2022) — Three top takeaways from Cisco Live

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I’m still decompressing from Cisco Live and the most human interaction I’ve had in a year and a half. But after spending a few days on the show floor and interacting with everyone, there are a... This is only the...

Threat Source newsletter (June 9, 2022) — Get ready for Cisco Live

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Another week, another conference. We’re heading a few miles southeast from San Francisco to Las Vegas for Cisco Live. I hope everyone had a safe, healthy and enjoyable RSA, but the fun isn’t over just... This is only...

Threat Source newsletter (June 2, 2022) — An RSA Conference primer

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Many of you readers may be gearing up for a West Coast swing over the next few weeks through San Francisco and Las Vegas for RSA and Cisco Live, respectively. And we’re right behind you! Talos... This is only the...

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...

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 Source newsletter for June 11, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. We are back this week with new content, mainly around Microsoft Patch Tuesday. We have our complete breakdown of all the vulns here, as well as in-depth information on two remote code execution vulnerabilities one of our researche...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 20, 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. We’ve got more ways than ever for you to get Talos content. We continue to grow our YouTube page with the second entry in the “Stories...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 13, 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. This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday was particularly hefty, with the company disclosing nearly 100 vulnerabilities — three of which Tal...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 23, 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. Despite tensions starting to fizzle between the U.S. and Iran, people are still worried about cyber conflict. What would that even look...

Threat Source newsletter (Jan. 16, 2019)

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. This wasn’t your average Patch Tuesday. Microsoft’s monthly security update was notable for a few reasons. For starters, it’s really tim...

Beers with Talos Ep. #55: Live from San Diego!

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 55 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded June 12, 2019 — God knows why, but we bring you another live episode from the Talos Threat Research Summit at Cisco Live...

The sights and sounds from the Talos Threat Research Summit

More than 250 threat hunters, network defenders and analysts gathered ahead of Cisco Live for the second annual Talos Threat Research Summit on Sunday. The conference by defenders, for defenders, returned this year after the inaugural event in 2018 to San Diego, where speakers passed on their...

Beers with Talos Ep. #54: Patch after listening, RDP and wild 0-days

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 54 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded May 24, 2019 — There is another BlueX to talk about and guess what? YES, YOU STILL NEED TO PATCH. We talk about RDP, the...

Beers with Talos EP31 - Live from Cisco Live! - VPNFilter and Our First Summit Recap

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Episode 31 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 EP31 Show Notes: Recorded June 12, 2018 — This is a special episode for two reasons! To start, we...

Talos Threat Research Summit Guide and Cisco Live Preview

The first Cisco Talos Threat Research Summit is coming up at Cisco Live! in Orlando, so we are providing a quick guide to all the activities going on at the summit and beyond. The response to the summit was stronger than we could have anticipated for the first year - it sold out fast! Next time, ...

Talos Threat Research Summit at Cisco Live US 2018

Cisco Talos presents a conference by Defenders, for Defenders. Talos had one goal in mind when creating a brand new conference: Make something that we'd want to attend ourselves. As such, the Talos Threat Research Summit is aimed at being a one-day conference by defenders, for defenders. This...

Cisco Live Attendee List Hacked

Someone hacked the list of attendees for the recent Cisco Live 2010 users’ conference, a security breach that led Cisco to notify the customers as well as a broader group who have dealings with the company. Read the full article. Network World...