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Fallout Exploit Kit Used in Malvertising Campaign to Deliver GandCrab Ransomware

September 6, 2018 11:00 AM By Manish Sardiwal, Muhammad Umair, Zain Gardezi

FireEye identified a new exploit kit that was being served up as part of a malvertising campaign affecting users in Japan, Korea, the Middle East, Southern Europe, and other countries in the Asia Pacific region.

RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Monero Miner Via PROPagate Injection Technique

June 28, 2018 12:00 PM By Sudhanshu Dubey, Dileep Kumar Jallepalli

We observed RIG Exploit Kit delivering a dropper that leverages the PROPagate injection technique to inject code that downloads and executes a Monero miner.

A Deep Dive Into RIG Exploit Kit Delivering Grobios Trojan

May 14, 2018 9:00 AM By Irshad Muhammad, Hassan Faizan, Zain Gardezi , Shahzad Ahmed

Although exploit kit activity is on the decline, we recently observed RIG Exploit Kit delivering a Trojan named Grobios.

Magniber Ransomware Wants to Infect Only the Right People

October 19, 2017 4:06 PM By Muhammad Umair, Zain Gardezi , Shahzad Ahmed

A new ransomware known as Magniber is being distributed to Korean language systems via the Magnitude Exploit Kit.

Hiking Club Malvertisements Drop Monero Miners Via Neptune Exploit Kit

August 22, 2017 10:00 AM By Zain Gardezi , Manish Sardiwal

Hiking advertisements are directing users to the Neptune Exploit Kit and ultimately a Monero miner infection as part of a new malvertising campaign.

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