Tag: Cisco Talos

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/small-praise-for-modern-compilers-a-case-of-ubuntu-printing-vulnerability-that-wasnt/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Small praise for modern compilers – A case of Ubuntu printing vulnerability that wasn’t Feedly Summary: By Aleksandar NikolichEarlier this year, we conducted code audits of the macOS printing subsystem, which is heavily based on the open-source CUPS package. During this investigation, IPP-USB protocol caught our attention.…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Defeating Future Threats Starts Today

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/defeating-future-threats-starts-today/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Defeating Future Threats Starts Today Feedly Summary: Martin discusses how defenders can use threat intelligence to equip themselves against AI-based threats. Plus check out his introductory course to threat intelligence. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolving landscape of cybersecurity in relation to…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-trends-q4-2024/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Talos IR trends Q4 2024: Web shell usage and exploitation of public-facing applications spike Feedly Summary: This new report from Cisco Talos Incident Response explores how threat actors increasingly deployed web shells against vulnerable web applications, and exploited vulnerable or unpatched public-facing applications to gain initial access.…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/whatsup-gold-observium-offis-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Whatsup Gold, Observium and Offis vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Observium, three vulnerabilities in Offis, and four vulnerabilities in Whatsup Gold.   These vulnerabilities exist in Observium, a network observation and monitoring system; Offis DCMTK, a collection of libraries and applications…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: New TorNet backdoor seen in widespread campaign

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-tornet-backdoor-campaign/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: New TorNet backdoor seen in widespread campaign Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered an ongoing malicious campaign operated by a financially motivated threat actor targeting users, predominantly in Poland and Germany. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes a sophisticated ongoing cyber campaign discovered by Cisco…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Seasoning email threats with hidden text salting

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/seasoning-email-threats-with-hidden-text-salting/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Seasoning email threats with hidden text salting Feedly Summary: Hidden text salting is a simple yet effective technique for bypassing email parsers, confusing spam filters, and evading detection engines that rely on keywords. Cisco Talos observed an increase in the number of email threats leveraging hidden text…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Find the helpers

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/find-the-helpers/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Find the helpers Feedly Summary: Bill discusses how to find ‘the helpers’ and the importance of knowledge sharing. Plus, there’s a lot to talk about in our latest vulnerability roundup. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This edition of the Threat Source newsletter emphasizes the importance of…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Slew of WavLink vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/slew-of-wavlink-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Slew of WavLink vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Lilith >_> of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities. Forty-four vulnerabilities and sixty-three CVEs were discovered across ten .cgi and three .sh files, as well as the static login page, of the Wavlink AC3000 wireless router web application.  The Wavlink AC3000 wireless router is…