Since the advent of products like the Tile and Apple AirTag, both used to keep track of easily lost items like wallets, keys and purses, bad actors and criminals have found ways to abuse them. These adversaries can range from…
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From trust to trickery: Brand impersonation over the email attack vector
Cisco recently developed and released a new feature to detect brand impersonation in emails when adversaries pretend to be a legitimate corporation. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: From trust to trickery: Brand…
Rounding up some of the major headlines from RSA
Here’s a rundown of some things you may have missed if you weren’t able to stay on top of the things coming out of the conference. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: Rounding…
Talos releases new macOS open-source fuzzer
Compared to fuzzing for software vulnerabilities on Linux, where most of the code is open-source, targeting anything on macOS presents a few difficulties. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: Talos releases new macOS…
Only one critical vulnerability included in May’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday; One other zero-day in DWN Core
The lone critical security issue is CVE-2024-30044, a remote code execution vulnerability in SharePoint Server. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: Only one critical vulnerability included in May’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday; One other…
Talos joins CISA to counter cyber threats against non-profits, activists and other at-risk communities
Commercial spyware tools can threaten democratic values by enabling governments to conduct covert surveillance on citizens, undermining privacy rights and freedom of expression. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: Talos joins CISA to…
A new alert system from CISA seems to be effective — now we just need companies to sign up
Under a pilot program, CISA has sent out more than 2,000 alerts to registered organizations regarding the existence of any unpatched vulnerabilities in CISA’s KEV catalog. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: A…
Talos discloses multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which could lead to code execution
Two vulnerabilities in this group — one in the Tinyroxy HTTP proxy daemon and another in the stb_vorbis.c file library — could lead to arbitrary code execution, earning both issues a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10. This article…
What can we learn from the passwords used in brute-force attacks?
There are some classics on this list — the ever-present “Password” password, Passw0rd (with a zero, not an “O”) and “123456.” This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the original article: What can we learn from the…
Vulnerabilities in employee management system could lead to remote code execution, login credential theft
Talos also recently helped to responsibly disclose and patch other vulnerabilities in the Foxit PDF Reader and two open-source libraries that support the processing and handling of DICOM files. This article has been indexed from Cisco Talos Blog Read the…