While overall exploit kit activity has been somewhat low during the past weeks, we have noted some changes in Neutrino, the leading…
Tag: Angler
A look at the Angler-less exploit kit scene
For those tracking exploit kits, the disappearance of the Angler exploit kit last week was a major event. While a lot of…
Neutrino exploit kit fills in for Angler EK in recent malvertising campaigns
Update (06/13/2016): Still no sign of Angler EK activity since late June 6th PST. In the meantime, the actor known as ihateclowns/SadClowns…
New wave of malvertising leverages latest Flash exploit
A well known malvertising gang famous for its use of the fingerprinting technique and other evasion tricks to bypass security checks has been ramping…
Website For French Cinema Chain Gets Hacked, Serves CryptXXX Ransomware (UPDATED)
Update (05/14): The Pathé website is back online. However, the infection is still there and it is again redirecting visitors to…
Top Chilean News Website Emol Pushes Angler Exploit Kit
Emol.com (El Mercurio On-Line) is a very popular information portal ranked 5th most visited site in Chile. El Mercurio, is a conservative Chilean…
CBS-affiliated Television Stations Expose Visitors to Angler Exploit Kit
Update (11/22): We have not encountered any recent incident involving Taggify. The company has invested in proactive detection tools to thwart…
Toy Maker Maisto Unwittingly Serves Up CryptXXX Ransomware
Update (04/29): Maisto[.]com is now in maintenance mode to fix the issue. We appreciate the prompt reaction and doing the right…
Fake social button plugin redirects to Angler EK
Compromised websites remain one of the surefire ways to redirect innocent visitors to exploit kits. During the past few days we’ve started…
Top Exploit Kits Round Up | March Edition
This is an overview of the most popular exploit kits that we have caught in our honeypots in the past few weeks and have…