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An Adobe Flash Player vulnerability used by the Sofacy APT gang was also found in seven of the top exploit kits, according to an analysis by Recorded Future. Continue reading Flash Exploit Found in Seven Exploit Kits
In this post, we review the changes in the exploit kit landscape over the past months by looking at new arrivals and departures.Categories: ExploitsTags: EKexploit kitsMagnitudeNeutrino-vRIGRIG-Vsundown(Read more…) Continue reading Exploit Kits: Fall 2016 Review
Tech support scammers have begun using code obfuscation to avoid detection.Read More Continue reading Tech support scams increasing in complexity
Tech support scammers have begun using code obfuscation to avoid detection.Read More Continue reading Tech support scams increasing in complexity
Earlier today we became aware of a malicious website delivering Petya through the Hunter exploit kit. While there is nothing special about yet another exploit kit page, this one caught our attention because it mimics the index page of our sinkhole systems. Continue reading Trust me, I have a pen
In the battle of exploit kits, RIG EK has earned some extra mileage by being leveraged in a high profile malvertising attack on popular website answers.com. The same domain shadowing campaigns that were popular in the Angler era are continuing with RIG… Continue reading RIG exploit kit takes on large malvertising campaign
Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the MedSec/Muddy Waters story, how the Angler EK was traced back to the Lurk Gang, Fairware hitting Linux servers, and the Bashlite IoT malware. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, September 2, 2016
We told you how to tell if you’re infected with malware. We told you how to clean up the infection if you get it. Now, here’s how to prevent malware infection from happening in the first place.Categories: 101
How-tosTags: exploit kitslayered securitym… Continue reading 10 easy ways to prevent malware infection
Something unusual happened in the exploit kit ecosystem. Two well-known malware distribution campaigns switched from Neutrino EK to RIG EK. A temporary blip or a more durable change? Only time will tell.Categories: ExploitsTags: exploit kitsneutrinoRIG… Continue reading Exploit kit shakedown: RIG EK grabs Neutrino EK campaigns
It is a little odd to see an attack making use of two different exploit kits which serves the same malware payload. In this particular malvertising case, both RIG EK and Sundown EK are used to deliver the same threat, perhaps an indication that the act… Continue reading Malvertising campaign delivers two exploit kits, same payload