Security

When downloading an application from the App Store, do you actually check the logistics of it? For example, how is it connecting to the internet? Or an even more relatable scenario: that game you were playing while waiting in line paused to present an advertisement, was it triggered by an IP address…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 1 and June 15. As with previous round-ups, 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…

PSIRT has recently become aware of public exploitation of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Web Services Denial of Service Vulnerability identified by Cisco bug ID CSCvi16029 and CVE ID CVE-2018-0296. With the security of our customers’ networks being a top priority, we’re taking act…

Dubbed by many as the “Year of Ransomware”, 2017 provided us with a very important and dangerous evolution to how these attacks make their way to your endpoints. The Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report warns that “defenders should prepare to face new, self-propagating” attacks, like those we saw…

Cisco Talos has been tracking a new campaign involving the FormBook malware since May 2018 that utilizes four different malicious documents in a single phishing email. FormBook is an inexpensive stealer available as “malware as a service.” This means an attacker can purchase a compiled p…

Cisco Talos is disclosing twelve new vulnerabilities in Insteon Hub, ranging from remote code execution, to denial of service. The majority of the vulnerabilities have their root cause in the unsafe usage of the strcpy() function, leading either to stack overflow or global overflow. Read More…

If you care about cyber security and you’re willing to work hard, we need you. Yes, YOU. The cybersecurity challenge is huge and there is a great need for people with diverse backgrounds to help solve it. Your path can originate in different places. For me, I didn’t start out intending to be a secur…

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 1 and June 15. As with previous round-ups, 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…

Talos is disclosing two denial-of-ervice vulnerabilities in Pixar’s Renderman application. Renderman is a rendering application used in animation and film production. It is widely used for advanced rendering and shading in many large-scale environments. Both vulnerabilities are due to the lack of pr…