exploit kits

January 23, 2015

THREAT RESEARCH

Flash 0-day Exploited by Angler Exploit Kit

This post was authored by Nick Biasini, Earl Carter and Jaeson Schultz Flash has long been a favorite target among Exploit Kits (EK). In October 2014 the Angler EK was believed to be targeting a new Flash vulnerability. The bug that the Angler exploit kit was attempting to exploit had been “accident…

January 22, 2013

SECURITY

Happy New Exploit Kits! (I mean Happy Belated New Year!)

It’s only been a few days since we said goodbye to 2012 and we are already seeing what many predicted for 2013: an increase in the creation, enhancement, and usage of numerous exploit kits by cyber criminals. Cyber criminals don’t take long vacations in December. On the contrary, they &#…