INTEL_REPORT
Cisco Talos Blog · published 7/2/2026, 6:00:34 PM · TLP amber
Summary
Ingested excerpt (first ~500 chars of normalized text).
Catan and Mouse What do board games and cybersecurity have in common? Pattern recognition. Strategy. Adaptation. In this week’s Threat Source Bill explores why curiosity may be a defender’s most valuable skill. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.   “I do not know everything; still many things I understand.” ― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time  “Don't try to comprehend with y…
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/catan-and-mouse
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What we pulled out
Deterministic extractor (IOC + allowlisted tokens + ATT&CK IDs present in DB).
Indicators
Linked with report → mentions → indicator. Values open the indicator workspace.
| Type | Value | Link |
|---|---|---|
| domain | talosintelligence.com | Open → |
| domain | vid001.exe | Open → |
| domain | win.worm.coinminer | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 | Open → |
| md5 | 2915b3f8b703eb744fc54c81f4a9c67f | Open → |
| sha256 | 9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 | Open → |
Malware families
Allowlist token matches only.
Threat actors mentioned
Allowlist mentions — not a formal attribution verdict.
ATT&CK techniques
MITRE IDs referenced in text and present in local technique table.
CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
High-signal pivots without leaving the thread you started in search.
Browse the report corpus.
Neighborhood from the first linked indicator.
| domain | sample.exe | Open → |
| domain | win.tool.procpatcher | Open → |
| domain | autopico.exe | Open → |
| domain | pua.win.tool.kmsactivator | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=9896a6fcb9bb5ac1ec5297b4a65be3f647589adf7c37b45f3f7466decd6a4a7f | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=afc8a00883a4ea07df2dc1d4ed02f8a23b35c9456413b438a2d9ce3ae5076638 | Open → |
| md5 | 38de5b216c33833af710e88f7f64fc98 | Open → |
| md5 | cc4d231df34e57f59eb970353c7d9de2 | Open → |
| sha256 | 9896a6fcb9bb5ac1ec5297b4a65be3f647589adf7c37b45f3f7466decd6a4a7f | Open → |
| sha256 | afc8a00883a4ea07df2dc1d4ed02f8a23b35c9456413b438a2d9ce3ae5076638 | Open → |
| domain | w32.c0ad494457-95.sbx.tg | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=c0ad494457dcd9e964378760fb6aca86a23622045bca851d8f3ab49ec33978fe | Open → |
| md5 | bf9672ec85283fdf002d83662f0b08b7 | Open → |
| sha256 | c0ad494457dcd9e964378760fb6aca86a23622045bca851d8f3ab49ec33978fe | Open → |
| domain | signinfoconsole.exe | Open → |
| domain | w32.853baab97b.in12.talos | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=853baab97b1f3b03c1ffa55797e87867f5fb7ce33457411f56afd270cb395453 | Open → |
| md5 | 41acb30b9d662d48b7b4fc0ac3d4b79f | Open → |
| sha256 | 853baab97b1f3b03c1ffa55797e87867f5fb7ce33457411f56afd270cb395453 | Open → |
| cve | CVE-2026-48558 | Open → |