Exploit kits: Winter 2017 review

We take a look at the current exploit kit scene (Winter 2017) according to our telemetry and honeypots.
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Exploits
Threat analysis
Tags: EKexploit kitsMagnitudemalvertisingmalvertsmalwareneutrinoransomwareRIGsundown

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Inside the Dark Matter Lab Buried Over a Mile Underground

SNOLAB, one of the world’s premier laboratories, searches for dark matter, supernovas, and neutrinos 6,800 feet underground. Motherboard meets the scientists and staff that make this place a leader in research and scientific exploration. Continue reading Inside the Dark Matter Lab Buried Over a Mile Underground→

Flash Exploit Found in Seven Exploit Kits

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→

Inside the RIG Exploit Kit

In a deep analysis of RIG, Cisco Talos team outlined the way the exploit kit combines different web technologies such as DoSWF, JavaScript, Flash and VBscript to obfuscate attacks. Continue reading Inside the RIG Exploit Kit→

RIG exploit kit takes on large malvertising campaign

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→

A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17)

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from September 11th to September 17th. This week, we talked about DetoxCrypto ransomware, a tax fraud campaign, malvertisement on adult sites, and phishers having a bad day.Categories: Security wor… Continue reading A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17)→

Neutrino EK’s Afraidgate pushed in malvertising attack

With a rise in malvertising attacks lately, we take a look at an ad server pushing the Afraidgate, traditionally found on compromised sites.Categories: ExploitsTags: ad serverafraidgatemalvertisingneutrinoransomware(Read more…) Continue reading Neutrino EK’s Afraidgate pushed in malvertising attack→

Malvertising Campaign Pushing Neutrino Exploit Kit Shut Down

Researchers uncovered a global malvertising campaign exposing potentially millions of users to the risk of being hit with CrypMIC ransomware delivered via the Neutrino Exploit Kit. Continue reading Malvertising Campaign Pushing Neutrino Exploit Kit Shut Down→