Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 22)

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. A lot of people may think that cyber insurance is this new, unexplored field that carries a lot of questions. But did you know that thes...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at Black Hat USA 2019 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 7 and Thursday, August 8, 2019. I'm speaking on "Information Security in the Public Interest" at DefCon 27 in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 10, 2019. The list is...

Threat Source newsletter (July 11, 2019)

Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Generally, when we write about a threat group or attack, that threat will calm down for a while. After all, it’s much for difficult...

Reference: TaoSecurity News

I started speaking publicly about digital security in 2000. I used to provide this information on my Web site, but since I don't keep that page up-to-date anymore, I decided to publish it here. 2017 Mr. Bejtlich led a podcast titled Threat Hunting: Past, Present, and Future, in early July 2017. H...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking on "Securing a World of Physically Capable Computers" at Oxford University on Monday, June 17, 2019. The list is maintained on this page...

Bloodhound walkthrough. A Tool for Many Tradecrafts

A walkthrough on how to set up and use BloodHound BloodHound is an application used to visualize active directory environments. The front-end is built on electron and the back-end is a Neo4j database, the data leveraged is pulled from a series of data collectors also referred to as ingestors whic...

Threat Source newsletter (May 30)

Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Did you update all of your Microsoft products after Patch Tuesday earlier this month? If not, what are you waiting for? Listen to t...

Threat Source newsletter (May 23)

Newsletter compiled by Jonathan Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week. Election security is a touchy — and oftentimes depressing — topic of conversation. So why not let Beer with Talos bring some levity...

P4wnP1 A.L.O.A. - Framework Which Turns A Rapsberry Pi Zero W Into A Flexible, Low-Cost Platform For Pentesting, Red Teaming And Physical Engagements

P4wnP1 A.L.O.A. by MaMe82 is a framework which turns a Rapsberry Pi Zero W into a flexible, low-cost platform for pentesting, red teaming and physical engagements ... or into "A Little Offensive Appliance". 0. How to install The latest image could be found under release tab. The easiest way to...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at the Code for America Summit in Oakland, California on May 30, 2019. I'm speaking on "Securing a World of Physically Capable Computers" at Oxford University on Monday, June 17, 2019. The list is maintained on this pa...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm teaching a live online class called "Spotlight on Cloud: The Future of Internet Security with Bruce Schneier" on O'Reilly's learning platform, Thursday, April 4, at 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET. The list is maintained on this page...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at A New Initiative for Poland in Warsaw, January 16-17, 2019. I'm speaking at the Munich Cyber Security Conference MCSC on February 14, 2019. The list is maintained on this page...

Domain Hunter - Checks Expired Domains For Categorization/Reputation And Archive.org History To Determine Good Candidates For Phishing And C2 Domain Names

Domain name selection is an important aspect of preparation for penetration tests and especially Red Team engagements. Commonly, domains that were used previously for benign purposes and were properly categorized can be purchased for only a few dollars. Such domains can allow a team to bypass...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm speaking at Kiwicon in Wellington, New Zealand on November 16, 2018. I'm appearing on IBM Resilient's End of Year Review webinar on "The Top Cyber Security Trends in 2018 and Predictions for the Year Ahead," December 6, 2018 at...

The AWS Exploitation Framework: Pacu

Pacu is an open source AWS exploitation framework, designed for offensive security testing against cloud environments. Created and maintained by Rhino Security Labs, Pacu allows penetration testers to exploit configuration flaws within an AWS account, using modules to easily expand its...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I'm giving a book talk on Click Here to Kill Everybody at the Ford Foundation in New York City, on September 5, 2018. The Aspen Institute's Cybersecurity & Technology Program is holding a book launch for Click Here to Kill Everybod...

The Rogue Toolkit - An Extensible Toolkit Aimed At Providing Penetration Testers An Easy-To-Use Platform To Deploy Access Points

The Rogue Toolkit is an extensible toolkit aimed at providing penetration testers an easy-to-use platform to deploy software-defined Access Points AP for the purpose of conducting penetration testing and red team engagements. By using Rogue, penetration testers can easily perform targeted evil tw...

The Threats That Are Your Weakest Link

Coalfire published the latest report in its Securealities series, The Penetration Risk Report, and its based on findings from Coalfire penetration tests. It includes data drawn from engagements with businesses of all sizes, spanning financial services, retail, healthcare, and technology/cloud...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2017-1654)

Summary The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local unprivileged user access to information located in dump files. User data could be sent to IBM during service engagements. Vulnerability Details CVEID:...

An Android App for RFID Card Cloning: Project Walrus

Walrus is an Android app that simplifies using several existing contactless card cloning devices during red team engagements and physical security assessments. It offers a common interface and database for storing cloned cards. Currently, Walrus supports the industry standard Proxmark 3, Chameleo...