Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we’ve observed between June 21 and June 28. As with previous roundups, this post isn’t meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post […]
Month: June 2019
Cellebrite Claims It Can Unlock Any iPhone
The digital forensics company Cellebrite now claims it can unlock any iPhone. I dithered before blogging this, not wanting to give the company more publicity. But I decided that everyone who wants to know already […]
Russian-based misinformation campaign sends fake news from spoofed accounts
The misinformation operations campaign used fake social media accounts across multiple platforms, at times impersonating real individuals who were politically active in western countries Source: Russian-based misinformation campaign sends fake news from spoofed accounts
Fake jquery campaign leads to malvertising and ad fraud schemes
Recently we became aware of new domains used by an old malware campaign known as ‘fake jquery’, previously documented by web security firm Sucuri. Thousands of compromised websites are injected with a reference to an […]
While we were raging about Putin’s meddling and Kremlin hackers, Five Eyes were pwning Yandex, Russia’s Google
… Are … are we the baddies? Hackers from the Five Eyes intelligence agencies have been accused of breaking into systems at Yandex, dubbed Russia’s Google.… Source: While we were raging about Putin’s meddling and […]
Chronicle Folds into Google
Alphabet’s enterprise cybersecurity division will become part of the Google security portfolio. Source: Chronicle Folds into Google
New Microsoft Excel Attack Vector Surfaces
Researchers have identified security hole in Microsoft Office’s Excel spreadsheet program that allows an attacker to trigger a malware attack on remote systems. Source: New Microsoft Excel Attack Vector Surfaces
Every Excel user vulnerable by default as new flaw found
A weakness has been found in the Excel software, which allows hackers to drop and execute malware, making every user vulnerable Source: Every Excel user vulnerable by default as new flaw found
Chrome OS 75 Adds More Mitigations for Intel MDS Flaws
Chrome OS version 75, which Google released on Wednesday in the stable channel, adds more mitigations for recently disclosed Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities affecting most Intel processors made in the last decade. read more […]
Exclusive: German Police Raid OmniRAT Developer and Seize Digital Assets
The German police yesterday raided the house of the developer of OmniRAT and seized his laptop, computer and mobile phones probably as part of an investigation into a recent cyber attack, a source told The […]