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GreenFlash Sundown exploit kit expands via large malvertising campaign
June 26, 2019 - Exploit kit activity has been relatively quiet for some time, with the occasional malvertising campaign reminding us that drive-by downloads are...
Recent Flash Zero-Day Now Part of Exploit Kits
October 30, 2015 - The Adobe Flash Player continues to be the favourite browser plugin threat actors have been focusing on this year. The recent zero-day...
Sub-domain on SourceForge redirects to Flash Pack Exploit Kit
August 25, 2014 - We have talked about SourceForge before on this blog, in particular when they were associated with bundled software. This time around,...
Exploit kits
Short bio An exploit kit is a toolkit designed to facilitate the exploitation of client-side vulnerabilities most commonly found in browsers...
Chrome targeted by Magnitude exploit kit
October 21, 2021 - Exploit kits (EK) are not as widespread as they used to be. One of the reasons is likely that most exploit...
Adobe Flash Player reaches end-of-life
January 6, 2021 - “What now? My farm is no longer working. Can you have a look, honey?” Like millions of other people my wife...
Spelevo exploit kit debuts new social engineering trick
December 18, 2019 - 2019 has been a busy year for exploit kits, despite the fact that they haven’t been considered a potent threat vector...
Exploit kits: fall 2019 review
November 19, 2019 - Despite a slim browser market share, Internet Explorer is still being exploited in fall 2019 in a number of drive-by download...
New iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones
September 27, 2019 - UPDATE 9/27, 11:00am: Updated for the misconception that the bootrom was actually being modified. Apparently, the “permanent” only refers to the...
New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns
September 3, 2019 - Some of the most common web threats we track have a social engineering component. Perhaps the more popular ones are those...