Year In Review 2024 Beers With Talos podcast

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Year in Review 2024

about a year ago 43:37

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Joe, Hazel, Bill and Dave break down Talos' Year in Review 2024 and discuss how and why cybercriminals have been leaning so heavily on attacks that are routed in stealth in simplicity. The team also provide insights into some of the topics of the report, including the top-targeted vulnerabilities of the year, network-based attacks, adversary toolsets, identity attacks, multi-factor authentication (MFA) abuse, ransomware and AI-based attacks.

For the full report, head to blog.talosintelligence.com/2024yearinreview

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Year in Review 2024

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published about a year ago

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For the full report, head to blog.talosintelligence.com/2024yearinreview

158 episodes

#Security #Software Development #Tech News #Intelligence #Malware #Vuln #Dev #Day #Zeroday #Intel #Vulnerable #Cisco #Talos #Snort #Vrt #Cisco Talos #Tech #Threats

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