Results for 'exploit kits'

MALWARE

Exploit kits

Short bio An exploit kit is a toolkit designed to facilitate the exploitation of client-side vulnerabilities most commonly found in browsers...

CONTINUE READING
Threat Intelligence

Old exploit kits still kicking around in 2023

August 11, 2023 - The year is 2023 and there still are some people using Internet Explorer on planet Earth. More shocking perhaps, is the...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Malsmoke operators abandon exploit kits in favor of social engineering scheme

November 16, 2020 - Exploit kits continue to be used as a malware delivery platform. In 2020, we’ve observed a number of different malvertising campaigns...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News

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...

CONTINUE READING
News | Threats

Exploit kits: summer 2019 review

July 30, 2019 - In the months since our last spring review, there has been some interesting activity from several exploit kits. While the playing...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Exploit kits: spring 2019 review

May 14, 2019 - Exploit kit activity remains fairly unchanged since our last winter review in terms of active distribution campaigns. But this spring edition...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Exploit kits: winter 2019 review

February 12, 2019 - Active malvertising campaigns in December and the new year have kept exploit kit activity from hibernating in winter 2019. We mostly...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

October 24, 2018 - Exploit kit (EK) activity continues to surprise us as the weather cools, the leaves change, and we move into the fall of...

CONTINUE READING
Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Exploit kits: summer 2018 review

August 7, 2018 - The uptick trend in cybercriminals using exploit kits that we first noticed in our spring 2018 report has continued into the summer....

CONTINUE READING
Cybercrime | News

Exploit kits: Spring 2018 review

June 12, 2018 - Since our last report on exploit kits, there have been some new developments with the wider adoption of the February Flash...

CONTINUE READING