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Update: The incident has been taken care of by Cosmos Bank and its website (URL) is now clean and safe to use. Compromising popular websites has become a common strategy for attackers to spread infection in a widespread fashion. Attackers exploit unpatched vulnerabilities present on web servers in order to compromise…

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What are exploits? (And why you should care)

March 29, 2017 admin 101, EKs, exploit kits, Exploits, FYI, malvertising, ransomware, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:00:25 +0000

At one point in the not-so-distant past, exploits were responsible for delivering 80 percent of malware to people’s systems. But exploits seem to be experiencing a lull today. Does this mean they’re gone for good or is this simply the calm before the storm? Let’s break down this stealthy threat so you can not only know your enemy, but also be appropriately prepared should the exploit attacks return.

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Exploit kits: Winter 2017 review

March 9, 2017 admin EK, exploit kits, Exploits, Magnitude, malvertising, malverts, malware, Neutrino, ransomware, RIG, sundown, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:08:35 +0000

We take a look at the current exploit kit scene (Winter 2017) according to our telemetry and honeypots.

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RSA 2017: how the hackers and rogue states use exploits to bypass security

February 9, 2017 admin Corporate, Events, exploit kits, Fancy Bear, Mark Loman, RSA Conference 2017

Ahead of his talk at RSA Conference 2017 next week, we chatted to Mark Loman, Sophos’s Director of Engineering for next-generation tech. Mark gave us a preview of his talk, which you can catch on Tuesday, February 14 from 3:45-4:30 pm in room 132, Moscone North. He will be delving into how nation-state attackers craft their […]

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A look back at the Zyns iframer campaign

January 31, 2017 admin campaign, eitest, exploit kits, Exploits, iframe, malvertising, malware, ransomware, Threat analysis, Zyns iframer

Behind compromised sites or malvertising, you will often find trails that can take you back years and see how infection chains evolved, or didn’t, over time.

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