Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw.
Good afternoon, Talos readers. Cyber security firm FireEye recently disclosed an incident that was reported to have resulted in the inadvertent disclosure of various internally developed offensive security tools (OSTs) that were used across FireEye red-team engagements. We know this is going to be top-of-mind for many users, so for more, check out all our coverage that covers these vulnerabilities here. We also have new Snort rules out, which you can read about here. Patch Tuesday was also this week, albeit a quieter one compared to the other months this year. Microsoft disclosed just under 60 vulnerabilities, though there are still a few critical ones we wanted to point out. Lastly, we have our latest Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report out. Our incident response team is seeing just as much ransomware in the wild as ever. For more insights into what we’re seeing in the field, check out the full report here.
Cyber security week in review
Former U.S. election security head Chris Krebs spoke out in an interview against President Donald Trump’s continued spread of election disinformation. Krebs was removed from the Trump administration after his agency called the November election “the safest in history.” ..
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