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Steganography Is Very Popular with Exploit Kits All of a Sudden
BleepingComputer Several security firms have detected multiple updates to exploit kits which recently started using steganography as the main component of their operations, or are employing steganography as a way to hide exploit and malware payloads as PNG files. |
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Over 318000 Android Users Affected by Auto-Downloading Malvertising Attack
BleepingComputer This is not the first case when Android malware has reached user phones via an auto-downloading malvertising attack. The Cyber.Police (or Dogspectus) Android ransomware used the Towelroot exploit delivered via malicious ads to download and install the … |
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Asian and African Banks Hit with New Zero-Day
BleepingComputer Financial and government institutions in Asia and Africa have been the victims of targeted cyber-attacks that have leveraged a zero-day in the InPage Word processor in attempts to install keyloggers and backdoor trojans on targeted computers. InPage is … African and Asian Banks Hit by Targeted Zero Day Asian and African banks attacked using a zero-day vulnerability: Kaspersky Asian and African banks are attacked using zero-day vulnerability |
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RIG-E Exploit Kit now distributing New CHIP Ransomware
BleepingComputer Brad Duncan, a a Threat Intelligence Analyst for Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, is well known for monitoring exploit kit activity and the payloads that are being distributed by them. In an article posted yesterday, Brad shows how the RIG-E (Empire … |