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Little Links, Big Headaches
Little Links, Big Headaches
This post was authored by Earl Carter & Jaeson Schultz. Talos is always fascinated by the endless creativity of those who send spam. Miscreants who
May 20, 2015
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2015
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2015
Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products.  This month’s
May 12, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Rombertik – Gazing Past the Smoke, Mirrors, and Trapdoors
Threat Spotlight: Rombertik – Gazing Past the Smoke, Mirrors, and Trapdoors
This post was authored by Ben Baker and Alex Chiu. Executive Summary Threat actors and security researchers are constantly looking for ways to better
May 4, 2015
Threat Spotlight: TeslaCrypt – Decrypt It Yourself
Threat Spotlight: TeslaCrypt – Decrypt It Yourself
This post was authored by: Andrea Allievi, Earl Carter & Emmanuel Tacheau Update 4/28: Windows files recompiled with backward compatibility in Visual
April 27, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Upatre – Say No to Drones, Say Yes to Malware
Threat Spotlight: Upatre – Say No to Drones, Say Yes to Malware
This post was authored by Nick Biasini and Joel Esler Talos has observed an explosion of malicious downloaders in 2015 which we’ve documented on several
April 20, 2015
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2015: 11 Bulletins Released
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2015: 11 Bulletins Released
Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products.  This month’s
April 14, 2015
Threat Spotlight: SSHPsychos
Threat Spotlight: SSHPsychos
This post was authored by Nick Biasini, Matt Olney, & Craig Williams   Introduction Talos has been monitoring a persistent threat for quite some
April 9, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Spam Served With a Side of Dridex
Threat Spotlight: Spam Served With a Side of Dridex
This post was authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Kevin Brooks Overview The use of macro enabled word documents has exploded over the last
April 6, 2015
Research Spotlight: FreeSentry Mitigating use-after-free Vulnerabilities
Research Spotlight: FreeSentry Mitigating use-after-free Vulnerabilities
This post was authored by Earl Carter & Yves Younan. Talos is constantly researching the ways in which threat actors take advantage of security
April 2, 2015
Research Spotlight: Project FTR
Research Spotlight: Project FTR
Intro Historically, networks have always been at risk for new, undiscovered threats. The risk of state sponsored
April 1, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Dyre/Dyreza: An Analysis to Discover the DGA
Threat Spotlight: Dyre/Dyreza: An Analysis to Discover the DGA
This post was authored by Alex Chiu & Angel Villegas. Overview Banking and sensitive financial information is a highly coveted target for attackers
March 30, 2015
Threat Spotlight: The Imperiosus Curse –A Tool of the Dark Arts
Threat Spotlight: The Imperiosus Curse –A Tool of the Dark Arts
Authors: William Largent, Jaeson Schultz, Craig Williams. Special thanks to Richard Harman for his contributions to this post. As consumers, we are
March 24, 2015