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Domen toolkit gets back to work with new malvertising campaign

February 28, 2020 admin buren ransomware, Domen, domen toolkit, intelrapid cryptominer, JavaScript, malicious websites, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, smoke loader, Social engineering, Threat analysis, toolkit, Vidar, vidar stealer

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:54:18 +0000

We describe the latest malvertising campaign that uses Domen, an advanced social engineering toolkit.

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Tags: buren ransomware Domen domen toolkit intelrapid cryptominer JavaScript malicious websites malvertising malvertising campaigns smoke loader Social Engineering toolkit Vidar vidar stealer

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Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

October 24, 2018 admin anti exploit, AZORult, EK, EKs, exploit kit, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, Fallout EK, grandsoft, GrandSoft EK, Magnitude, magnitude EK, ramnit, Ramnit Trojan, RIG, RIG EK, smoke loader, Smoke Loader Malware, Threat analysis, Underminer, Underminer EK

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:10:54 +0000

With a fresh exploit kit in town, the drive-by download landscape shows new signs of life in fall 2018.

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Tags: anti exploit AZORult EK EKs exploit kit exploit kits exploits Fallout Fallout EK grandsoft GrandSoft EK Magnitude magnitude EK ramnit Ramnit Trojan RIG RIG EK smoke loader Smoke Loader Malware Underminer Underminer EK

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Poisoned peer-to-peer app kicked off Dofoil coin miner outbreak

March 13, 2018 admin behavior monitoring, code injection, CoinMiner, cryptocurrency mining, cybersecurity, Electroneum, machine learning, MediaGet, Namecoin, smoke loader, Windows 10, Windows 10 S, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:27:06 +0000

On March 7, we reported that a massive Dofoil campaign attempted to install malicious cryptocurrency miners on hundreds of thousands of computers. Windows Defender Antivirus, with its behavior monitoring, machine learning technologies, and layered approach to security detected and blocked the attack within milliseconds.Windows 10 S, a special configuration of Windows 10 providing Microsoft-verified security,

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Fake Spectre and Meltdown patch pushes Smoke Loader malware

January 12, 2018 admin cybercrime, german, malware, meltdown, phishing, smoke loader, Smoke Loader Malware, smokeloader, Social engineering, spectre

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:50:29 +0000

German users are being targeted with a rogue patch for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre flaws.

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Tags: german malware Meltdown phishing smoke loader Smoke Loader Malware smokeloader Spectre

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Terror exploit kit goes HTTPS all the way

November 27, 2017 admin exploit kits, Exploits, malvertising, Propeller Ads Media, smoke loader, Terror EK, Terror exploit kit, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:00:34 +0000

A look at some techniques used by the Terror exploit kit to evade traffic-based detection.

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Tags: exploit kits malvertising Propeller Ads Media smoke loader Terror EK Terror exploit kit

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