THREAT INTEL

CBS-affiliated Television Stations Expose Visitors to Angler Exploit Kit

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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Toy Maker Maisto Unwittingly Serves Up CryptXXX Ransomware

April 28, 2016

Update (04/29): Maisto[.]com is now in maintenance mode to fix the issue. We appreciate the prompt reaction and doing the right…

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Tech support scammers bring back FakeAV

April 22, 2016

Some of you may remember the golden age of rogue antivirus software (AKA FakeAV) circa 2008. These programs that were often pushed…

A Look at Ello(dot)co Security Settings and User Accounts

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…

Goldeneye Ransomware - the Petya/Mischa combo rebranded

Recovery from Petya ransomware

April 15, 2016

Victims of the Petya ransomware will be pleased to learn that there is a method to recover your files without having…

Rokku Ransomware shows possible link with Chimera

Rokku Ransomware shows possible link with Chimera

April 11, 2016

Rokku is yet another ransomware, discovered in recent weeks. Currently, it’s most common distribution method is spam where a malicious executable is…

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AdLoad: an advertisement bombarder

April 6, 2016

While looking into an infection associated with a “system optimizer”—Didn’t we say they’re digital snake oil?—we identified a multi-functional installer called…

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“I’d like to add you to my scammer network”

April 4, 2016

We’ve encountered many a tech support scam over the years, and the story is usually the same: a fake Blue Screen…

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Magnitude EK malvertising campaign adds fingerprinting gate

April 2, 2016

When it comes to malvertising, the Angler exploit kit is almost always the weapon of choice used by cyber criminals to…