Tag: Cisco Talos

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Dutch police and Cisco Talos take down Babuk Tortilla ransomware

Dutch police and Cisco Talos take down Babuk Tortilla ransomware

Cooperation between Cisco Talos and the Dutch police has led to disabling the Babuk ransomware's Tortilla variant. The hacker responsible has been arrested, and a very commonly used decryption tool has been discovered. Recently, the possible mastermind behind Babuk Tortilla was apprehended in Am... Read more

date3 months ago
Qakbot still a threat despite its supposed destruction

Qakbot still a threat despite its supposed destruction

The collective of Qakbot ransomware gang members is still actively spreading malware, Cisco Talos researchers note. This is despite their network having been targeted and supposedly destroyed by the FBI. In August of this year, the FBI managed to dismantle the infrastructure of the ransomware sp... Read more

date6 months ago
Two major VPN providers had to deal with serious vulnerabilities

Two major VPN providers had to deal with serious vulnerabilities

Two major providers of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) had to deal with errors in their services, which allowed hackers and other malicious parties to execute random code. Researchers at Cisco Talos, who also state that users of ProtonVPN and NordVPN were at serious risk, confirm this. These are vuln... Read more

date6 years ago