Security

On the 18th of October, the NATO Information Assurance Symposium (NIAS) 2018 closed its conference doors. NIAS is the largest annual NATO cyber security conference. This event is a platform for uniting NATO global government leaders, and security experts across the NATO Alliance, industry, academia,…

Critical infrastructure providers are increasingly implementing IoT systems to support, augment, or update their already networked  operational technology.  Further, critical infrastructure is often managed and deployed over connected systems supported or used by mobile professionals.  At the same t…

Christopher Marshall, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, currently serves as Director of Cybersecurity Research for Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I’ve had the opportunity to use some of the greatest technology this country has to offer — from night vision goggles, to therma…

There has been a significant shift in the public cloud infrastructure offerings landscape in the last 3-5 years. With that shift we as Information Security practitioners must also fundamentally shift our tactics and view of how these new services can be leveraged as a whole new landscape of possible…

State-sponsored actors have a number of different techniques at their disposal to remotely gain access to social media and secure messaging applications. Starting in 2017 and continuing through 2018, Cisco Talos has seen different techniques being used to attack users and steal their private informa…

Turkey, Family, Gifts, Cookies, and…Malware? Wait, what? Make sure your Endpoint Security is up to the task during this holiday season! Fresh powder snow, home cooked meals, endless laughter, cookies near the fireplace, and the holiday spirit. Sure, maybe we’ll get some snow, some will get rain, and…

So how did the team get on in our War Game exercise?  In order to complete the War Game exercise (the setup for which can be found in part 1 and part 2 of this series), our Security Advisory Services team determined that the following attack scenarios would need to be simulated: The plan A broad ta…

Today, as we do every week, Talos is giving you a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed this week — covering the dates between Oct. 26 and Nov. 02. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, we will summarize the threats we’ve observed by h…

This time of year, all five major sports leagues are “in season”. The raw emotion of competition and witnessing these finely tuned professional athletes overcome adversity to be the best in their fields can be exhilarating. While these athletes are the most dominant in the world at their craft, they…