Beers with Talos Ep. #63: The third law of thermodynamics
Summary: Beers with Talos episode No. 63, recorded September 27, 2019, has hosts Mitch, Craig and Nigel covering recent Talos posts on Divergent and Tortoiseshell, including malware aimed at U.S. veterans. The episode moves into social engineering, unpatchable vulnerabilities, and a Google Chrome update that could be described as deleting /var on install.
Bottom line: The episode notes that even other malware authors found targeting U.S. veterans with malware scummy, a reminder that attackers' own norms are no control your organization can rely on.
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- Topics
- Phishing & Social Engineering
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