All posts tagged "exploit kit"

New RIG Exploit Kit Campaign Infecting Victims’ PCs with RedLine Stealer

A new campaign leveraging an exploit kit has been observed abusing an Internet Explorer flaw patched by Microsoft last year to deliver...

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Russian Hackers Compromised 100,000+ Computers Using Raccoon Malware Via Fallout & RIG Exploit Kits

Researchers uncovered an information-stealing malware called Raccoon that delivered by the Fallout and RIG Exploit Kits to steal sensitive data from compromised victims’ devices. Raccoon malware...

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Improved Fallout Exploit Kit – Now supports HTTPS and Flash exploit (CVE-2018-15982)

Fallout is an exploit kit (EK) first identified at the end of August 2018. It was first seen as a part of...

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Ransomware

Hackers Launching Fallout Exploit Kit with New Flash Exploits That Delivers GandCrab Ransomware

One of the dangerous Fallout exploit kit now back to form with various new futures and delivering one of the widely distributed...

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Hackers Launching GandCrab Ransomware via New Fallout Exploit Kit using Malvertising Campaign

Cybercriminals now using new Fallout Exploit Kit for launching GandCrab Ransomware via Malvertising Campaign that targets many victims around the world. This...

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Dangerous Underminer Exploit Kit Delivers a Cryptocurrency-mining Malware and Bootkit

A new exploit kit dubbed Underminer spreading through advertising servers that delivers bootkit which affects system boot sectors and the cryptocurrency-mining malware...

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52,000 Dangerous Command & Control Servers Take Down that Spreading Malware: It Performs 2M Malicious Redirects a Day

Around 52,000 Malicious Command & Control Severs has been taken down that continuously spreading Malware under well-documented infection chain called EITest. EITest...

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Hackers Distributing Variety of New Exploits and Malware via Microsoft Office Document Exploit Kit

Newly discovered Microsoft office document exploit kit contains a variety of recent exploits and Malware such as Lokibot, Formbook and tracking kit...

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Terror exploit kit goes HTTPS all the way

We’ve been following the Terror exploit kit during the past few months and observed notable changes in both its redirection mechanism and...

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Disdain exploit kit and a side of social engineering deliver Neutrino Bot

Today we picked up new activity from an exploit kit that was first discovered back in August of this year. The Disdain exploit kit,...

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EXPLOIT KIT ACTIVITY QUIETS, BUT IS FAR FROM SILENT

Over the past six months, the roar of exploit kits has quieted to a whimper. But that doesn’t mean exploit kit threats are...

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Copy-Pasting Sundown Exploit Kit Has Been Offline for More Than a Month

King of copy-paste exploits, the Sundown exploit kit, has been offline since March 8, and this also includes most of its variations,...

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New, Poorly-Made Terror Exploit Kit Drops Monero Cryptocurrency Miner

Security researchers from Trustwave and Malwarebytes have come across a new, poorly assembled exploit kit that appears to be the work of...

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INSIDE THE RIG EXPLOIT KIT

Today’s most prolific exploit kit is RIG, which has filled a void left by the departure of Angler, Neutrino and Nuclear. That...

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New PonyForx Infostealer Malware Sold on Russian Hacking Forums

PonyForx is a fork of the more popular Pony infostealer. A crook named Cronbot is currently selling a new malware variant on...

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Major Exploit Kit Campaign Switches from CryptXXX Ransomware Back to Locky

By mid-July 2016, the Afraidgate campaign stopped distributing CryptXXX ransomware. It is now distributing the “.zepto” variant of Locky. Afraidgate has been...

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Comcast Users Hit by Malvertising, Exploit Kit, Tech Support Scam in One Go

Trio of threats assaults unsuspecting Comcast Xfinity users. Some users visiting the Comcast Xfinity portal faced a triple threat these past days, being...

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