New Version of Eleonore Exploit Kit Released With New 0-Day Exploit

The creator of the infamous Eleonore exploit pack has released a new version of the attack toolkit, adding some new exploits, including one for a zero day vulnerability. The new version of Eleonore is selling for $2,000, a premium price even in the world of high-level exploit kits. Eleonore is on...

Siberia Exploit Kit Offers Service to Evade Anti-Malware Software

Attackers have been using legitimate online services such as VirusTotal and others to check their new pieces of malware against various security suites for some time now, but that’s become less and less effective recently. Now, the creators of some exploit kits are beginning to include less...

Kurt Baumgartner on the Eleonore Exploit Kit (Part 1)

In this talk from the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit in Cyprus, independent security researcher Kurt Baumgartner discusses the inner workings of the infamous Eleonore exploit kit and the business model behind it...

Anatomy of the Eleonore Exploit Kit

LIMASSOL, CYPRUS–When an unknown attacker compromised three domains belonging to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing last month, it became big news, mainly for the brazenness of the attack against a federal Web site. The bigger news, however, turned out to be that the attack involved the us...

A Closer Look at the Eleonore Exploit Kit

Today’s attackers care less about the browser you use and more about whether your third-party browser add-ons and plugins are out-of-date and exploitable. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

A Close Look at an Exploit Pack

If you happen to stumble upon a Web site that freaks out your anti-virus program, chances are good that the page you’ve visited is part of a malicious or hacked site that has been outfitted with what’s known as an “exploit pack.” Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...