Fallout Exploit Kit Used in Malvertising Campaign to Deliver GandCrab Ransomware

Towards the end of August 2018, FireEye identified a new exploit kit
(EK) that was being served up as part of a malvertising campaign
affecting users in Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Southern Europe, and
other countries in the Asia Pacific regio… Continue reading Fallout Exploit Kit Used in Malvertising Campaign to Deliver GandCrab Ransomware

Fallout Exploit Kit Used in Malvertising Campaign to Deliver GandCrab Ransomware

Towards the end of August 2018, FireEye identified a new exploit kit
(EK) that was being served up as part of a malvertising campaign
affecting users in Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Southern Europe, and
other countries in the Asia Pacific regio… Continue reading Fallout Exploit Kit Used in Malvertising Campaign to Deliver GandCrab Ransomware

A week in security (August 6 – 12)

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.
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Security world
Week in security

Tags: botnetCTNT reportcybercrimeexploit kitsM… Continue reading A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Exploit kits: summer 2018 review

Just like the beach, the EK landscape got a little crowded this summer. Find out what we discovered in our exploit kits summer review.
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Exploits
Threat analysis

Tags: drive-by downloadsdrive-bysEKEKsexploit kitsgrandsoftGreenFlash S… Continue reading Exploit kits: summer 2018 review

RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Monero Miner Via PROPagate Injection Technique

Introduction
Through FireEye Dynamic Threat Intelligence (DTI), we observed RIG
Exploit Kit (EK) delivering a dropper that leverages the PROPagate
injection technique to inject code that downloads and executes a
Monero miner (similar has been a… Continue reading RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Monero Miner Via PROPagate Injection Technique

A week in security (June 11 – June 17)

A roundup of the security news from June 11 – 17, including a look at online privacy for children, an exploit kits update, and how law enforcement is coping with cybercrime.
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Week in security

Tags: crypto mininge… Continue reading A week in security (June 11 – June 17)

A Deep Dive Into RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Grobios Trojan

As discussed in previous
blogs, exploit kit activity has been on the decline since the
latter half of 2016. However, we do still periodically observe
significant developments in this space, and we have been observing
interesting ongoing activit… Continue reading A Deep Dive Into RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Grobios Trojan