SC Magazine UK |
Major decline in exploit kits – less financially viable than ransomware
SC Magazine UK Exploit kits are on the way out, at least that's the message in a recent blog form Digital Shadows which reports that at least four major players in the market have ceased operation since June 2016. The kits use compromised websites, malicious adverts … |
Silicon UK |
Magnitude Exploit Kit Hits South Korea Hard, Says Malwarebytes
Silicon UK The Cerber ransomware is being delivered to specific countries in Asia, most notably South Korea, according to telemetry of the Magnitude exploit kit. |
Tom’s Hardware |
Cisco Cybersecurity Report: Exploit Kits Down, Email Malware Up
Tom’s Hardware Cisco released its 2017 mid-year cybersecurity report showing some important trends in corporate cybersecurity, including a decline in use of exploit kits, a rise in IoT botnets and destruction of services campaigns, and the return of email spam as an … |
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751 Domains Hijacked to Redirect Traffic to Exploit Kits
BleepingComputer The domain hijacking event also broke incoming HTTPS traffic to the affected domains. Following the incident, Gandi reset all passwords for all the accounts it uses to manage TLD entries at country and domain-specific registrars. Last week, a security … |