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Angler

Short bio Angler was one of the leading exploit kits used by cybercriminals to distribute malware ranging from ransomware and banking...

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A look at the Angler-less exploit kit scene

June 17, 2016 - For those tracking exploit kits, the disappearance of the Angler exploit kit last week was a major event. While a lot of...

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Neutrino exploit kit fills in for Angler EK in recent malvertising campaigns

June 11, 2016 - 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...

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Top Chilean News Website Emol Pushes Angler Exploit Kit

May 12, 2016 - 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...

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CBS-affiliated Television Stations Expose Visitors to Angler Exploit Kit

May 4, 2016 - Update (11/22): We have not encountered any recent incident involving Taggify. The company has invested in proactive detection tools to thwart...

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Fake social button plugin redirects to Angler EK

April 20, 2016 - Compromised websites remain one of the surefire ways to redirect innocent visitors to exploit kits. During the past few days we’ve started...

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An Update On The EITest/Angler EK Campaign

March 23, 2016 - We have been tracking this particular malware campaign that leverages compromised websites for well over a year. What made it stand out from...

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Large Angler Malvertising Campaign Hits Top Publishers

March 15, 2016 - During the past few weeks, malvertising activity was a little bit on the decline, at least within our own telemetry. We...

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Operation Fingerprint: A Look Into Several Angler Exploit Kit Malvertising Campaigns

March 1, 2016 - Malicious advertising, also known as malvertising, has become the best method to distribute malware on a global scale with surgical precision. Simply...

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WordPress Compromise Campaign: From Nuclear EK To Angler EK

February 17, 2016 - A couple of weeks ago we blogged about an attack against WordPress sites initially discovered by Denis Sinegubko over at Sucuri....

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