How Attackers Use Your Own Tools Against You (IR trends Q3 2025)

13/11/2025 11 min
How Attackers Use Your Own Tools Against You (IR trends Q3 2025)

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of Talos Takes Hazel sits down with Talos' Bill Largent and Craig Jackson to discuss the latest Cisco Talos Incident Response Quarterly Trends Report (Q3 2025). From a wave of Toolshell events, to a rise in post-exploitation phishing, and the misuse of legitimate tools like Velociraptor, this quarter’s cases all point to a theme: attackers are getting very good at living off what’s already in your environment. Read the full report at https://blog.talosintelligence.com/ir-trends-q3-2025/