INTEL_REPORT
Cisco Talos Blog · published 6/18/2026, 6:00:24 PM · TLP amber
Summary
Ingested excerpt (first ~500 chars of normalized text).
Close Encounters of the Human Kind In the latest Threat Source, Hazel channels her inner Spielberg to explore why humans are delightfully irrational, reminding us that while security best practices are simple in theory, they’re a lot harder to pull off when you’re busy dealing with real life. Welcome to this week’s Threat Source newsletter.  I love a Spielberg summer. His ability to imbue a sense of wonder, awe, curiosity, and connection means heȁ…
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/close-encounters-of-the-human-kind
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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 → |
| domain | w32.variant | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=e60ab99da105ee27ee09ea64ed8eb46d8edc92ee37f039dbc3e2bb9f587a33ba |
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.
| md5 | 2915b3f8b703eb744fc54c81f4a9c67f | Open → |
| md5 | dbd8dbecaa80795c135137d69921fdba | Open → |
| sha256 | 9f1f11a708d393e0a4109ae189bc64f1f3e312653dcf317a2bd406f18ffcc507 | Open → |
| sha256 | e60ab99da105ee27ee09ea64ed8eb46d8edc92ee37f039dbc3e2bb9f587a33ba | Open → |
| domain | u992574.dll | Open → |
| domain | win.tool.procpatcher | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=9896a6fcb9bb5ac1ec5297b4a65be3f647589adf7c37b45f3f7466decd6a4a7f | Open → |
| md5 | 38de5b216c33833af710e88f7f64fc98 | Open → |
| sha256 | 9896a6fcb9bb5ac1ec5297b4a65be3f647589adf7c37b45f3f7466decd6a4a7f | Open → |
| domain | secoh-qad.exe | Open → |
| domain | w32.c0ad494457-95.sbx.tg | Open → |
| url | https://talosintelligence.com/talos_file_reputation?s=c0ad494457dcd9e964378760fb6aca86a23622045bca851d8f3ab49ec33978fe | Open → |
| md5 | bf9672ec85283fdf002d83662f0b08b7 | Open → |
| sha256 | c0ad494457dcd9e964378760fb6aca86a23622045bca851d8f3ab49ec33978fe | Open → |