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Adobe Reader zero-day discovered alongside Windows vulnerability
May 15, 2018 - During the first half of 2018, we have witnessed some particularly interesting zero-day exploits, including one for Flash (CVE-2018-4878) and more recently...
Fake IRS notice delivers customized spying tool
September 21, 2017 - While macro-based documents and scripts make up for the majority of malspam attacks these days, we also see some campaigns that...
Cerber ransomware delivered in format of a different order of Magnitude
August 9, 2017 - As a follow up to our study into the Magnitude exploit kit and its gate (which we profiled in a previous...
USPS-themed malspam now delivering 1-2-3 knock-out
April 10, 2017 - We’ve detected an uptick in USPS-themed malspam walloping users with a 1-2-3 knock-out of nasty malware designed to infiltrate your system...
Post-holiday spam campaign delivers Neutrino Bot
January 11, 2017 - This post was co-authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura During the Christmas season and early into the new year, we noticed a sharp decrease...
Malvertising campaign delivers two exploit kits, same payload
August 10, 2016 - Malvertising remains a favourite distribution platform for pushing out malware and we typically see certain exploit kits associated with particular campaigns. As...
Smoke Loader – downloader with a smokescreen still alive
August 5, 2016 - This time we will have a look at another payload from recent RIG EK campaign. It is Smoke Loader (Dofoil), a...
Blast from the Past: Blackhole Exploit Kit Resurfaces in Live Attacks
November 17, 2015 - Update (11/19/15): The hosting provider, AdvancedHosters, replied to our complaint. They have servers in the US and also around the world but are based in...
Jamie Oliver’s website hacked again, drops password stealer
May 12, 2015 - The website of popular British Chef Jamie Oliver is still having issues and potentially infecting visitors looking for a recipe or...
Adware: Delivery Methods
March 27, 2015 - What is adware? Adware is software, with the main goal to deliver advertisements to the user. Sometimes the means used by...
