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.
Episodes
243 episodes
Talos Takes Ep. #80: I'll have a blue Christmas without a CTIR retainer
We had to give Brad a few minutes to take an Incident Response victory lap after his team received two major
Talos Takes Ep. #79: Could Emotet be back?
Emotet was about a month late for Halloween, because it’s got its zombie costume on. The long-known botnet is showing some signs of life in late 2021 afte...
Talos Takes Ep. #78: Attackers know you are still looking for a PS5 this holiday season
We know, we know. We do one of these every year. But people still falling for scams, so we still have to keep reminding people how to shop safely online! This year is a bit different than past Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays because of the is...
Talos Takes Ep. #72: Emergency Apache HTTP Server episode
Sorry for dropping two episodes in the feed in one day, but we also needed to find time to talk about the critical zero-day vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform path traversal and eventu...
Talos Takes Ep. #77: How to safely connect to (and use) public WiFi
For the first time in Talos Takes’ history, we have a formal crossover with Beers with Talos. Mitch Neff, the host of BWT, joins the show to talk about his horror stories using public WiFi networks. He and Jon discuss the safest ways to inter...
Talos Takes Ep. #76: What type of secrets could Kimsuky be after?
Jon took a break from listening to “Red (Taylor’s Version)” to turn this podcast around quickly to align with our recent research on the Kimsuky APT. This North Korean state-sponsored actor is in the wild again targeting South Korean organiza...
Talos Takes Ep. #75 (XL Edition): Building the perfect Incident Response Plan
We have another special extra large-sized version of Talos Takes this week. Enjoy this recording of a live stream we hosted earlier this week with Martin Lee from our Talos Communications team and Paul Lee from Cisco Talos Incident Response. ...
Talos Takes Ep. #74 (NCSAM Edition AND XL Edition): Q&A session with Talos Incident Response
This is a double special Talos Takes episode — it’s XL-sized and continues our Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme. This is a recording of our live stream from earlier this week with Brad Garnett, the general manager of Talos Incident Respons...
Talos Takes Ep. #73 (NCSAM edition): Fight back against the phish
We continue our special series for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by addressing everyone’s worst nightmare: phish. Who among us hasn’t gotten the call, “We’re trying to reach out about your car’s extended warranty?” In this Talos Take...
Talos Takes Ep. #71 (NCSAM Edition): 2021 in ransomware
We are from the first (or last) people to say this, but 2021 is the year of ransomware. It’s by far the biggest story on the security landscape right now. And everything from oil pipelines, to grain co-ops, to hospitals and schools have been ta...
Talos Takes Ep. #70 (NCSAM edition): For once, a positive spin on hybrid work
Everyone loves to talk and write about how tough it is that we are all working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. So for once — to celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month — Talos Takes wants to talk about the positives! Christoph...
Talos Takes Ep. #69: Our armadillo in shining armor
Asheer Malhotra joins the show to once again cover a cyber attack in South Asia. This time, it’s an attacker that looks and smells like an APT, but may just be a run-of-the-mill crimeware gang. Asheer discusses he and his colleagues’ research...
Talos Takes Ep. #68: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's some rats!
Allow Vitor Ventura to take you on a journey of discovery, threat actors and attribution. He recently assisted with an investigation into a seri...
Talos Takes Ep. #67: Why are ransomware groups getting so emotional?
Fresh off of translating an entire ransomware playbook from Russian to English, Azim and Dave from the Talos Threat Intelligence & Interdiction team join Talos Takes to talk about ...
Talos Takes Ep. #66: Dude, where's my bandwidth?
“Proxyware” sounds like a complicated topic that you’re too afraid to ask about. But really, it’s just software that allows users to sell off a portion of their internet bandwidth for a small profit. Problem is, attackers are swooping in on t...
Talos Takes Ep. #65: We're all excited to travel again, but so are attackers
As more people around the world start to get vaccinated against COVID-19, travel is becoming easier, especially during these summer months. But as much as you may be excited to travel, so are threat actors. Asheer Malhotra was part of a team ...