Tag: cisco talos
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VB2019 paper: DNS on fire
The “phonebook of the Internet” has well outlived physical phonebooks, but that doesn’t mean DNS is without its issues. There is a joke among incident responders that, even when you’re sure the problem isn’t DNS, it still ends up being DNS. Aside from configuration issues, DNS is also a very valuable target for adversaries. In…
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First 11 partners of VB2019 announced
The Virus Bulletin Conference is all about bringing the security community together to share intelligence and move the industry forward, but we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the support of our partners. Today, we are pleased to announce the first 11 partners of VB2019. Partnering the conference at Platinum level we…
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First 11 partners of VB2019 announced
The Virus Bulletin Conference is all about bringing the security community together to share intelligence and move the industry forward, but we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the support of our partners. Today, we are pleased to announce the first 11 partners of VB2019. Partnering the conference at Platinum level we…
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VB2018 paper: Who wasn’t responsible for Olympic Destroyer?
It may be hard to believe, but it was only eight months ago that the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were targeted by malware named Olympic Destroyer. Though not the first time the Olympic Games had been the target of malware, Olympic Destroyer, as its name suggests, did appear to be destructive in nature. Cisco…
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VB2018 paper: Who wasn’t responsible for Olympic Destroyer?
It may be hard to believe, but it was only eight months ago that the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were targeted by malware named Olympic Destroyer. Though not the first time the Olympic Games had been the target of malware, Olympic Destroyer, as its name suggests, did appear to be destructive in nature. Cisco…
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Spam is mostly noise and that makes measuring it very difficult
A recent blog post published by Recorded Future looked at the possible effect of the GDPR on the volume of spam and concludes there has been no noticeable impact. The question behind the post is a valid one: more privacy-friendly WHOIS records, inspired by the EU’s data protection regulation, could make it easier for spammers…
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Spam is mostly noise and that makes measuring it very difficult
A recent blog post published by Recorded Future looked at the possible effect of the GDPR on the volume of spam and concludes there has been no noticeable impact. The question behind the post is a valid one: more privacy-friendly WHOIS records, inspired by the EU’s data protection regulation, could make it easier for spammers…
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‘North Korea’ a hot subject among VB2018 talks
A few years ago, I somehow got involved in the discussion of a run-of-the-mill malicious spam campaign and ended up speaking to a journalist from the Daily Telegraph . “Is it true that North Korea may be behind this campaign?”, the journalist asked me – I had a hard time trying to keep a straight…
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‘North Korea’ a hot subject among VB2018 talks
A few years ago, I somehow got involved in the discussion of a run-of-the-mill malicious spam campaign and ended up speaking to a journalist from the Daily Telegraph . “Is it true that North Korea may be behind this campaign?”, the journalist asked me – I had a hard time trying to keep a straight…
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GravityRAT malware takes your system’s temperature
Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagnères recently discovered and analysed ‘GravityRAT’, an advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that appears to have been used in targeted attacks against organizations in India. Analysis of this piece of malware gives an interesting insight into the current state of malware development. The malware is delivered through a…