Talos Takes
Every two weeks, host Amy Ciminnisi brings on a new guest from Talos or the broader Cisco Security world to break down a complicated security topic. We cover everything from breaking news to attacker trends and emerging threats.
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243 episodes
The best (and free) ways to improve your cybersecurity skills
To wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we're looking at the best, and free, ways to improve your security skills. Jason Kirkland and David Roman from Cisco Talos Incident Response join Jon to talk about the websites, YouTube channels, social...
The basics of threat hunting
To celebrate this week's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme, we have a special 101 episode of Talos Takes to cover the basics of threat hunting. This is a crucial skill for any cybersecurity professional-in-training and one of the que...
Tips for kickstarting your cybersecurity career
To celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, two one-time "security noobs" talk about their career trajectories and how they've grown to see themselves in cyber. Sammi Seaman and Jon Munshaw talk about their previous careers in library ...
The latest on Lockbit 3.0 drama and the rest of the ransomware landscape
Azim Khodjibaev joins the show once again for the latest addition of "Days of our Ransomware." Jon and Azim talk about the recent LockBit 3.0 leaks and the drama surrounding them. Will other actors try to backpack off the leaked builder? Why is...
An "insider threat" doesn't always have to know they're a threat
Nick Biasini is back on once again to talk to Jon about Insider Threats. Nick recently wrote a post about how he and Cisco Talos Incident Response are seeing a...
Once more into the Lazarus Pit
Vitor Ventura from the Talos Outreach team joins the show this week to run down Talos' recent research into the Lazarus Group. This well-known North Korean state-sponsored threat actor is well known for their ransomware and cryptocurrency-relat...
Digging into Gamaredon's cave and its recent campaign against Ukraine
Guilherme Venere of the Outreach team joins Jon this week to discuss the Gamaredon APT group. This Russian state-sponsored actor is infamous at this point in its life, but it keeps growing by adding new tools and malware. Recently, Guilherme he...
Back to school advice for teachers, students, parents, admins and everyone in between
We're headed back to school with Talos Takes again! Pierre Cadieux from Cisco Talos Incident Response joins the show to talk about advice for educational institutions. Jon asks him about common incident response advice for the education sector ...
XL Edition: Talos' update on our work in Ukraine
This week, we have the audio version of our recent livestream for Ukraine Independence Day. Talos assembled a panel of experts who have been working hands-on to defend critical Ukraine systems and its citizens from cyber threats. JJ Cummings, A...
Talos Takes Ep. #110: The kinetic and cyber threats Ukrainian agriculture faces
An underrated aspect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the effect it’s had on the global food supply chain. Ukraine is a major importer and exporter of grain and other food staples, but the industry now faces kinetic and cyber threats. Jo...
Talos Takes Ep. #109: Why cybercrime is going small-time
The public traditionally thinks about cyber attacks as being from some well-funded, state-sponsored actor. But increasingly small-time criminals are turning to the internet to make their money. Increasingly, they’re not carrying out one-off rob...
Talos Takes Ep. #61: Why does SideCopy seem so familiar?
The last time Jon had Asheer Malhotra from Talos Outreach on the show, they covered the Transparent Tribe APT. Asheer joins the show again thi...
Talos Takes Ep. #59: A deep dive into vulnerabilities in a home security station
We’ve spent many minutes (that’s the point of the podcast, after all) discussing internet-of-things devices on this podcast. As consumers start having more “smart” devices connected to their home network, they may want an easy solution to kee...
Talos Takes Ep. #58: It's time to get serious about protecting critical infrastructure
With major cyber attacks in recent years against major U.S. critical infrastructure suppliers like Norsk Hydro and
Talos Takes Ep. #57: What's in it for both sides of the ransomware-as-a-service model?
How much is ransomware-as-a-service like a McDonald’s franchise? More similar than you’d think! The RaaS model has entered the mainstream over the past few months with groups such as
Talos Takes Ep. #62: There's still plenty of mileage left in BEC
Business email compromise may seem like last decade’s threat, but it’s still just as prevalent as ever. A recent FBI report found that it cost users more ...
Talos Takes Ep. #56: The first security steps when returning to the office
We started out the COVID-19 pandemic by thinking we’d be away from the office for a month — maybe two. More than 12 months later, we’re still here, working from home (at least part-time).But some businesses are starting to ...
Talos Takes Ep. #55: What's next for Transparent Tribe?
Asheer Malhotra from Talos Outreach has followed Transparent Tribe for years now. This APT has been all over the place using
Talos Takes Ep. #60 (XL Edition): Kaseya emergency show
In this special “XL edition” of Talos Takes, we’re bringing you the audio version of our live stream this week discussing the
Talos Takes Ep. #54: Incident response is really just the friends we made along the way
Welcome to the unofficial incident response week at Talos! As part of the RSA Conference, we’ve released two new case studies ...
Talos Takes Ep. #52: Why not a world passwordless day?
To celebrate World Password Day this week, we’re talking about getting rid of passwords! Dave Lewis, a global advisory CISO for Cisco Secure, joins Jon to talk about all things passwordless. This is a new initiative Cisco Secure and Duo have ...
Talos Takes Ep. #51: COVID and tax scams go hand-in-hand this year
We can set our watches to tax scams every year in April. The bad guys are always looking to steal your information, promising to get you a bigger tax return or do your taxes for you. This year is a bit different because Tax Day is a bit later...
Talos Takes Ep. #50: Attackers are using Discord just as much as you are
Cisco Talos recently discovered a wave of attackers spreading malware via collaboration apps like Discord and Slack. On this week’s episode of Talos Takes, Nick Bi...