Cisco Talos’ Q2 2025 report reveals a notable shift in attacker objectives and methods. Although phishing activity declined by 40% compared to Q1, it remained the leading initial access method for threat actors, with most campaigns focused on credential theft. Attackers increasingly relied on compromised internal or trusted business partnerRead More…
Cisco Talos has published a new report revealing how cybercriminals are increasingly abusing artificial intelligence (AI) tools – particularly large language models (LLMs) – to enhance their operations and evade traditional defenses. The findings highlight how both custom-built and jailbroken (modified) versions of LLMs are being used to generate maliciousRead More…
Cisco Talos has released its annual report, ‘Cisco Talos 2024 Year in Review‘, sharing strategic insights into the evolving cybersecurity global landscape. The report, based on telemetry from over 46 million global devices across 193 countries and regions, including the Middle East,Read More…
Cisco Talos has released its cybersecurity report for the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets and other significant trends. The findings show that web shells were the top observed threat, comprising nearly 22 percent of incidents- a novel increase compared to previous quarters. Web shells areRead More…
Cisco Talos has released its latest quarterly report that examines incident response trends and global cyber threats. Key findings: For the first time since compiling these reports, Cisco Talos Incident Response saw an equal number of ransomware and pre-ransomware engagements, making up nearly 40 percent of threats this quarter. TheRead More…
Cisco Talos has released its Quarterly Trends report reveals ransomware remained the top threat, as it has for the past two years now in the first quarter of this year also. The company observed an increase in engagements involving advanced persistent threat (APT) activity.Read More…
As businesses, organisations, governments, and consumers begin the transition to Web 3.0 the need to remain protected online is more important than ever. Cisco Talos has done extensive research into the various security threats posed by this new environment and has developed a checklist of guidelines to help safeguard users.Read More…
The World Wide Web is transitioning to Web 3.0 which is being driven by advancements in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, decentralized applications, and decentralized file storage. A central component of this transition is the development of a 3-D experienceRead More…
