Talos Takes
Every week, host Jon Munshaw brings on a new guest from Talos or the broader Cisco Secure world to break down a complicated security topic in just five or 10 minutes. We cover everything from breaking news to attacker trends and emerging threats.
Talos Takes
The hidden threat to the software supply chain you may not be thinking about
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Cisco Talos
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Episode 143
Cisco Talos Incident Response recently discovered an uptick in malicious actors compromising vendor and third-party accounts to sneak into targeted networks. Many enterprises have vendor and contractor accounts that need to access their network for a variety of things — IT support, cybersecurity, etc. — but these accounts are often monitored less than those belonging to full-time employees. Craig Jackson, who recently co-authored a blog post on this threat, joins Talos Takes this week to talk about vendor and contractor account (VCA) takeover and how they fit into the broader threat of supply chain attacks.