Steganography, the technique of embedding hidden messages inside public files, has become very popular with exploit kit operators in 2016. Several security firms have detected multiple updates to ...
When we talk to people whose computers have been infected, they often ask how it happened. In a growing number of cases, they have been doing nothing more than reading a news website or browsing for ...
For at least five years the Sednit group has been relentlessly attacking various institutions, most notably in Eastern Europe. The group used several advanced pieces of malware for these targeted ...
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Exploit kits comprised of ...
Six of the top 10 vulnerabilities found in cyberattack exploit kits in 2016 were bugs in Adobe Flash Player – including one Flash flaw that was packaged with a whopping seven different exploit kits, ...
Law enforcement actions and a relative dearth of zero-day bugs appear to have contributed to a sharp decline in exploit kit activity in recent months. It's too soon, however, to say whether the ...
LAS VEGAS (Black Hat USA) – Researchers at Trustwave have provided CSO with an inside look at the Magnitude Exploit Kit’s infrastructure. Linked to attacks against PHP.net and Yahoo, this kit has gone ...
RIG exploit kit version 3.0 has been released and has already infected 1.25 million people at an average rate of 27,000 machines per day. A few months ago, the RIG exploit kit's future was in jeopardy ...