Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter — the perfect place to get caught up on all things Talos from the past week.
We’re scared of stalkerware, and you should be, too. These spyware apps are becoming more popular among everyone from nation-states to suspicious spouses who may be wanting to track their partner’s locations. These apps live in a gray area, where they’re not explicitly deemed illegal, but they can be used for illegal purposes.
How can you make sure your mobile device isn’t infected with this type of software? And why is it so popular? Find out in our new post from this week.
The second entry in our CISO Advisory series went up this week, too, this time focusing on security architecture.
We also have our weekly Threat Roundup, which you can find on the blog every Friday afternoon. There, we go over the most prominent threats we’ve seen (and blocked) over the past week.
Upcoming public engagements with Talos
Event: “It’s Never DNS…. It Was DNS: How Adversaries Are Abusing Network Blind Spots” at SecureWV/Hack3rCon XLocation: Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, Charleston, WVDate: Nov. 15 - 17Speakers: Edmund Brumaghin and Earl CarterSynopsis: While DNS is one of the most commonly used network protocols in most corporate networks, many organizations don’t give it the same level of scrutiny as other network proto ..Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.
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