Exploit kits: Winter 2018 review

In this Winter 2018 review, we check the pulse of exploit kits and their latest developments.
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Exploits
Threat analysis

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Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum

When threat actors take to free and disposable cloud services, the battle against malicious cryptomining becomes a lot more difficult.
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Cryptomining
Threat analysis

Tags: adblockersblacklistcoinhivecryptominerscryptominingGitHub

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New RIG malvertising campaign uses cryptocurrency theme as decoy

This malvertising campaign uses a popular cryptocurrency theme to redirect users to the RIG exploit kit.
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Exploits
Threat analysis

Tags: cryptocurrenciesmalvertisingRIGRIGEK

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The state of malicious cryptomining

From malware coin miners to drive-by mining, we review the state of malicious cryptomining in the past few months by looking at the most notable incidents and our own telemetry stats.
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Cybercrime

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Drive-by download campaign targets Chinese websites, experiments with exploits

This custom made drive-by download attack targets some Chinese websites and their visitors while experimenting with exploits.
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Threat analysis

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Drive-by download campaign targets Chinese websites, experiments with exploits

This custom made drive-by download attack targets some Chinese websites and their visitors while experimenting with exploits.
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Threat analysis

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Drive-by cryptomining campaign targets millions of Android users

Android users have been exposed to drive-by cryptomining in one of the largest campaigns that we have detected so far.
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Threat analysis

Tags: AndroidBotCAPTCHAcoinhivecrypto miningcryptominingdrive-by

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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.
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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.
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Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.
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Malwarebytes news

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