TALOS

In this week's newsletter, Bill hammers home the old adage, "Know your environment" — even throughout alert fatigue.

Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Editor, one in the Epic Games Store, and twenty-one in MedDream PACS.. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco’s third-party vulnerability

In this week’s newsletter, Martin examines the evolving landscape for 2026, highlighting key threats, emerging trends like AI-driven risks, and the continued importance of addressing familiar vulnerabilities.

Cisco Talos is closely tracking UAT-8837, a threat actor we assess with medium confidence is a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor.

Terryn’s path to cybersecurity started with a fascination for criminal forensics and a knack for jailbreaking his family's tech — interests that eventually steered him toward the fast-paced world of digital investigations.

Microsoft has released its monthly security update for January 2026, which includes 112 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 8 that Microsoft marked as “critical”.

Talos' editor ditches the pressure of traditional New Year’s resolutions in favor of practical, in-the-moment changes, and finds more success by letting go of perfection. Plus, we break down the latest on UAT-7290, a newly disclosed threat actor targeting critical infrastructure.

Talos assesses with high confidence that UAT-7290 is a sophisticated threat actor falling under the China-nexus of advanced persistent threat actors (APTs). UAT-7290 primarily targets telecommunications providers in South Asia.

What happens under the hood of Cisco's security portfolio? Our reputation and detection services apply Talos' real-time intelligence to detect and block threats. Here's how.

This week, Joe laments on 2025, and what we can think of in 2026 in the wild world of cybersecurity.