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Anatomy of Flash Exploit (CVE-2015-8651) integrated into Rig Exploit Kit

Credit to Author: Pavankumar Chaudhari| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:58:48 +0000

We all know how the infamous RIG Exploit Kit have been used to infect the end users. We are seeing a constant spike in the usage of the RIG Exploit Kit by malware actors to spread malware. Its use has been noticed in different campaigns such as EITest, pseudoDarkleech, and…

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Cosmos Bank website compromised with RIG Exploit Kit which drops Cerber Ransomware

April 21, 2017 admin Adobe Flash, Cerber, compromised websites, exploit kits, Hacker, malware, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:22:25 +0000

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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Binary Options malvertising campaign drops ISFB banking Trojan

April 20, 2017 admin binary options, dreambot, EK, exploit kit, Exploits, Gozi, ISFB, malvertising, malware, RIG, RIG exploit kit, Threat analysis, Trojan

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:00:55 +0000

We take a look at a widespread and yet stealthy malvertising campaign distributing the ISFB banking Trojan via decoy websites.

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Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

April 13, 2017 admin Adware, Android malware, celebgate, Cerber, Chris Boyd, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dridex, eitest, exit scam, exploit kit, fappening, Findzip, hiddenads.lck, hoeflertext, intra market fraud, jisut, Locky, mac malware, malspam, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, necurs, potentially unwanted programs, Powershell, PUP, Q1 2017, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, sage, Social engineering, spora, survey scams, tech support scammers, Threat analysis, vault 7, windows malware, WWE dump

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign

March 29, 2017 admin 1760468715, cybercrime, EK, Exploits, malware, RIG EK, RIG exploit kit, site hacks

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:00:52 +0000

This URL is quite probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and yet still works and redirects to malware.

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Exploit kits remain a cybercrime staple against outdated software – 2016 threat landscape review series

January 23, 2017 admin Angler Exploit Kit, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Axpergle exploit kit, exploit kits, Exploits, Meadgive exploit kit, Microsoft Edge, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, steganography, sundown exploit kit, Windows 10, Windows Defender, Windows Defender ATP, zero-day exploit kit

Despite the disruption of Axpergle (Angler), which dominated the landscape in early 2016, exploit kits as a whole continued to be a threat to PCs running unpatched software. Some of the most prominent threats, from malvertising to ransomware, used exploit kits to infect millions of computers worldwide in 2016. The prevalence of exploit kits as an…