Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 20, 2020)
Summary: Cisco Talos' Feb. 20, 2020 Threat Source newsletter, compiled by Jon Munshaw, highlights research into adversaries' use of living-off-the-land binaries, noting a recent wave of attacks using the Microsoft Build Engine for post-infection activity. It also lists upcoming Talos talks at Cisco Live Australia in Melbourne (March 3-6) and Interop Tokyo 2020 (April 13-15), where Nick Biasini will discuss how the gap between sophisticated and basic adversaries is disappearing.
What's compelling: Talos reports commodity infections now escalating into enterprise-crippling ransomware attacks that cost organizations millions of dollars to recover, erasing the old line between basic and sophisticated threats.
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