One of the great cybersecurity challenges organizations currently face, especially smaller ones, is that they don’t know what they don’t know. It’s tough to have your eyes on everything all the time, especially with so many pieces of software running and IoT devices extending the reach of networks broader than ever.  One potential (and free!) solution...

Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team recently disclosed three zero-day vulnerabilities that are still unpatched as of Wednesday, May 8. 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....

Brute force attacks are one of the most elementary cyber threats out there. Technically, anyone with a keyboard and some free time could launch one of them — just try a bunch of different username and password combinations on the website of your choice until you get blocked.  Nick Biasini and I discussed some of the ways that organizations can defend...

Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Research team has disclosed more than a dozen vulnerabilities over the past three weeks, five in a device that allows employees to check in and out of their shifts, and another that exists in an open-source library used in medical device imaging files. The Peplink Smart Reader contains several vulnerabilities, including one...

With RSAC just a week away, Cisco Talos is gearing up for another year of heading to San Francisco to share in some of the latest major cybersecurity announcements, research and news.  We’ve pulled together the highlights, so you don’t miss out on all things Talos.  Tuesday, May 5  Joe Marshall will be presenting on Project Power Up alongside Tara Vasyliv...

If state-sponsored actors are after one thing, it’s to spread fear and uncertainty across the internet. There’s always money to be made targeting individual businesses and organizations, but for James Nutland’s work, it’s always about the bigger picture. And his background in studying counterterrorism and interpersonal social dynamics provides him a...