This is part one of a two-part series. To read about the strangest cybersecurity events of 2020, read our second story…
Tag: Fallout
Malsmoke operators abandon exploit kits in favor of social engineering scheme
Exploit kits continue to be used as a malware delivery platform. In 2020, we’ve observed a number of different malvertising campaigns…
Maze: the ransomware that introduced an extra twist
An extra way to create leverage against victims of ransomware has been introduced by the developers of the Maze ransomware. If…
Copycat criminals abuse Malwarebytes brand in malvertising campaign
While exploit kit activity has been fairly quiet for some time now, we recently discovered a threat actor creating a copycat—fake—Malwarebytes…
Exploit kits: fall 2019 review
Despite a slim browser market share, Internet Explorer is still being exploited in fall 2019 in a number of drive-by download…
Exploit kits: summer 2019 review
In the months since our last spring review, there has been some interesting activity from several exploit kits. While the playing…
Exploit kits: spring 2019 review
Exploit kit activity remains fairly unchanged since our last winter review in terms of active distribution campaigns. But this spring edition…
Exploit kits: winter 2019 review
Active malvertising campaigns in December and the new year have kept exploit kit activity from hibernating in winter 2019. We mostly…
Improved Fallout EK comes back after short hiatus
[Edit 2019-01-24] Fallout EK introduces a new dropper to facilitate the final payload retrieval. This update replaces the plain MZ we…
Vidar and GandCrab: stealer and ransomware combo observed in the wild
We have been tracking a prolific malvertising campaign for several weeks and captured a variety of payloads, including several stealers. One…