Tag: Talos

  • The Register: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/chinese_crew_us_city_utilities/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops tried to break into US city utilities, says Talos Feedly Summary: Intrusions began weeks before Trimble patched the Cityworks hole A suspected Chinese crew has been exploiting a now-patched remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Trimble Cityworks to break into US local government networks and target…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: UAT-6382 exploits Cityworks zero-day vulnerability to deliver malware Feedly Summary: Talos has observed exploitation of CVE-2025-0994 in the wild by UAT-6382, a Chinese-speaking threat actor, who then deployed malware payloads via TetraLoader. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text describes the exploitation of a significant remote-code-execution…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-for-may-2025-snort-rules-and-prominent-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Microsoft has released its monthly security update for May of 2025 which includes 78 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 11 that Microsoft marked as “critical”.  Microsoft noted five vulnerabilities that have been…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Defining a new methodology for modeling and tracking compartmentalized threats

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/compartmentalized-threat-modeling/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Defining a new methodology for modeling and tracking compartmentalized threats Feedly Summary: How do you profile actors and defend your systems when multiple threat actors are working together? In Part 2, Cisco Talos proposes an extended Diamond Model to analyze complex relationships between attackers. AI Summary and…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: The IT help desk kindly requests you read this newsletter

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/the-it-help-desk-kindly-requests-you-read-this-newsletter/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: The IT help desk kindly requests you read this newsletter Feedly Summary: How do attackers exploit authority bias to manipulate victims? Martin shares proactive strategies to protect yourself and others in this must-read edition of the Threat Source newsletter. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Spam campaign targeting Brazil abuses Remote Monitoring and Management tools

    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/spam-campaign-targeting-brazil-abuses-rmm-tools/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Spam campaign targeting Brazil abuses Remote Monitoring and Management tools Feedly Summary: A new spam campaign is targeting Brazilian users with a clever twist — abusing the free trial period of trusted remote monitoring tools and the country’s electronic invoice system to spread malicious agents. AI Summary…