The podcast discusses the latest Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report, highlighting trends in IR engagements such as ransomware, commodity loaders, and data theft extortion. They also explore web application attacks, RDP-based lateral movement, and share personal experiences and frustrations with virtual concerts and video games.
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Web application attacks and post-compromise activity were the most observed threats during Q3, with a significant increase in attacks against web applications.
Telecommunications and education were the most targeted verticals, with a rise in data theft extortion and threat groups transitioning to extorting victims by threatening to leak exfiltrated information.
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The podcast episode discusses the latest incident response threat assessment report for Q3, highlighting key trends and observations.
Threat Landscape
Web application attacks and post-compromise activity were the most observed threats during the quarter, with attacks against web applications seeing a significant increase. Actors abused remote services like RDP for lateral movement, and attempts to bypass MFA were observed.
Targeted Verticals
Telecommunications and education were the most targeted verticals, with telecommunications companies being attractive targets due to critical infrastructure assets and large amounts of customer data.
Rise of Extortion
There has been a rise in data theft extortion, with several threat groups transitioning from deploying ransomware to extorting victims by threatening to leak exfiltrated information.
It's that time of the quarter again when we sit down to look at what we learned over the past three months. Caitlin Huey from the Talos Threat Interdiction Team joins the show for this special look at the latest Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends report. Caitlin's team helps compile these reports and digs through mountains of data to find out what defenders can learn from what Talos IR is seeing live in the field. If you want to learn more about this report, you can read it on our blog, or watch the Talos IR On Air video here.
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