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.
Talos Takes Ep. #34: Free and low-cost security tools
Aug 12, 2022
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Say you’ve got the basics of security down, and now you want to start putting it into practice. Where do you start? In this Talos Takes episode, we run through some free and low-cost security tools anyone can use to beef up their network. We talk about Snort, built-in security tools on operating systems and more.
Talos Takes Ep. #33: How to talk to your parents about cyber security
Aug 12, 2022
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It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month! And you know what that means? It’s time to make everyone more aware! Since we all have that special someone in our lives who could use a refresher on internet hygenie, we figured it was time to talk about bringing up the topic of security to your friends and family who may not be as computer literate as you are. Jon Munshaw and Nick Biasini talk about basic tips to give even your oldest family members and user-friendly programs and services that can improve everyone’s security.
Talos Takes Ep. #32: How to keep your children safe while they attend school online
Aug 12, 2022
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Jon doesn’t have any children. So he found someone who does — Beers with Talos’ own Craig Williams — to talk about remote learning. Children are back to school, and many of them are doing so online. Craig and Jon talk about DNS filters, parental controls, meeting passwords and more that are sure to help parents and teachers adjust to this new normal.
Talos Takes Ep. #28: Sharing information on information-sharing
Aug 12, 2022
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Talos intakes a ridiculous amount of information every day. So how do we parse what is and isn’t important enough to share? In this episode of Talos Takes, Amy Henderson from our Threat Intelligence and Interdiction team talks about our information-sharing partnerships with both private and public entities. How do we disseminate important information to our friends in the field? And why are security organizations like the Cyber Threat Alliance so important?
Talos Takes Ep. #27: Why are we so obsessed with attribution?
Aug 12, 2022
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On this episode of Talos Takes, we talk all about attribution. Our guest, Martin Lee, recently co-authored a post on the hurdles government agencies and private researchers alike face when trying to place blame for a cyber attack. Martin talks about why we’re so obsessed with placing the blame, what false flags are and what helpful things can actually come from attributing a threat.
Talos Takes Ep. #26: How to safely browse the web
Aug 12, 2022
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There are so many options now for basic web browsing. There are ad-blocking plugins, privacy browsers, incognito mode, password managers — but for the average user, this can be a lot to keep up with. In this episode of Talos Takes, we dissect all these options and talk about what your best options are to keep your information safe while doing some everyday web browsing.
Talos Takes Ep. #25: WastedLocker
Aug 12, 2022
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This week’s Talos Takes episode is another malware deep dive. Edmund Brumaghin joins the show to talk about WastedLocker, a recent ransomware family he and some other Talos researchers reverse-engineered. Here’s everything you need to know about what makes this threat unique and how it uses LoLBins to survive.
Talos Takes Ep. #23: How Talos utilizes honeypots
Aug 12, 2022
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Honeypots are an important part of threat research and detection. In this episode of Talos Takes, we talk to Christopher Evans, who is our resident honeypot expert at Talos. Chris talks about how he uses them every day, why they’re important to Talos’ overall mission and balancing the use of them with the potential for making attackers smarter.
Talos Takes Ep. #24: LoLBins
Aug 12, 2022
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LoLBins sound like they’d be funny, but they’re anything but. These “living-off-the-land binaries” make it so that attackers can more easily hide on your system as they disguise themselves as legitimate processes. On this episode of Talos Takes, Nick Biasini talks about what LoLBins are, exactly, how adversaries use them and how you can spot them on your environment.
Talos Takes Ep. #63: Shield your eyes from the Solarmarker
Aug 12, 2022
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Andrew Windsor from our malware research team joins the show for the first time to talk about Solarmarker. This is a campaign Andrew’s followed for a while that recently added new modules that make it particularly dangerous. The attackers behind Solarmarker could basically use this threat to drop whatever they want. At least for now, they’re sticking to information-stealing. But could it ever get worse than that?
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