Spinning complex ideas into clear docs with Kri Dontje

Welcome back! This week, we're shining a spotlight on Kri Dontje, a technical writer who's become an essential voice in making Cisco Talos' work understandable for a wide audience. With a background in technical communications and a career that began at a small startup, Kri discusses the importan...

See Yourself in Cyber: A Cybersecurity Awareness Month recap

As yet another October comes to an end, so does another Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Since 2004 when the President of the United States and Congress declared October Cybersecurity Awareness Month, weve taken the time to share our cybersecurity knowledge with the broader general public year afte...

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...

MBRFilter — Open Source Tool to Protect Against 'Master Boot Record' Malware

Ransomware threat has risen exponentially so much that ransomware authors have started abusing the MBR in their attacks to lock down your entire computer instead of just encrypting your important files on hard drive. Talos team at Cisco Systems has released a free, open-source tool that protects...

Windows secure channel remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2 0 1 4-6 3 2 1）Analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

I. background Windows secure channel Secure Channel, Schannel）surprise the reported vulnerability, Microsoft recently released as a major grade MS14-0 6 6 information security Bulletin, revealed in the Schannel remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2 0 1 4-6 3 2 1 in. The affected Microsoft...