Security

By Nick Biasini and Edmund Brumaghin. Coronavirus is dominating the news and threat actors are taking advantage. Cisco Talos has found multiple malware families being distributed with Coronavirus lures and themes. This includes emotet and several RAT variants. Executive Summary Using the news to t…

For service providers around the world, security is a fundamental and integral part of what they do. With operations across Scandinavia and Asia, Telenor is no exception. The company connects 183 million customers, and each one of them expects secure connections. It’s a given. That’s a key reason Te…

By Chris Neal. Over the past several months, Cisco Talos has observed a malware campaign that utilizes websites hosting a new version of Loda, a remote access trojan (RAT) written in AutoIT. These websites also host malicious documents that begin a multi-stage infection chain which ultimately serves…

This is probably the most common question I get asked today! What customers are really asking is “Can I rely on the built-in security capabilities in Office 365 or do I still need to run a 3rd party email security solution such as a Secure Email Gateway?” And the answer — well that depends; every cu…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Jan 31 and Feb 7. 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 cha…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between Jan 24 and Jan 31. 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 ch…

As businesses continue to move towards a more digital future, the threats they face continue to become more complex. As many organizations continue to embrace the benefits of cloud, IoT, and an increasingly mobile workforce, threat actors are taking advantage of these attack vectors to work their wa…

It’s hard to ignore the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT). Even if you’re one of those holdouts that doesn’t own consumer IoT devices such as a smart speaker, internet-connected thermostat, or a smart watch, industrial IoT (IIoT) devices—a subset of the IoT landscape—are already playing a par…

According to research from the Enterprise Strategy Group, 87% of organizations use Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) tools for threat detection and response today, and 43% say that NTA is a “first line of defense” in case of an attack. The increasing IT complexity is one of the main factors in the adop…