The VOLTA infostealer: Outsourcing cybercrime grunt work to AI
Attackers have always had a bottleneck. Stealing massive amounts of data is easy, but identifying which victims are truly worth the effort can be slow, tedious work. That changed with the discovery of the VOLTA-AUTODOXER.In this episode, Amy chats with Ryan Fetterman, creator of ...Show more
Hardening your environment: From segmentation to AI kill switches
Network segmentation is a fundamental security practice, yet many organizations struggle to move past the conceptual stage. Craig Jackson from Talos IR joins Amy to explain how to build a segmentation strategy that serves both as a preventative barrier and a functional tool for i ...Show more
Honey, I Trapped the Adversary
It’s time to start having fun and messing with your attackers. For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Martin Lee joins Amy to discuss the fine art of making life on your network a complete nightmare for adversaries. Simple, low-maintenance decoys — like fake credentials, empty honeyp ...Show more
ClickFix, EtherHiding, and the rise of malicious code in the blockchain
In this episode of Talos Takes, Amy sits down with researcher Vanja Svajcer to break down a sophisticated, multi-stage infection chain that leverages a combination of ClickFix social engineering, WebDAV, and decentralized infrastructure.Vanja walks us through how threat actors ar ...Show more