SoakSoak Botnet Pushing Neutrino Exploit Kit and CryptXXX Ransomware

Researchers are reporting a surge in CryptXXX ransomware infections delivered via business websites compromised to redirect to the Neutrino Exploit Kit. Attackers are targeting websites running the Revslider slideshow plugin for WordPress, according to a report released Tuesday by Invincea. Behin...

Magnitude Exploit Kit Redirection

Magnitude exploit kit is a web exploit kit that operates by delivering malicious payload to the victim's computer. Remote attackers can infect users with Magnitude exploit kit by enticing them to visit a malicious web page. Successful infection will allow the attacker to perform Remote Code...

Neutrino EK Spotted Leveraging Patched IE Zero Day

Attackers behind the Neutrino Exploit Kit didn’t take long to co-op a recently patched Internet Explorer zero-day into its arsenal. Researchers claim the kit has been pushing CVE-2016-0189, a vulnerability that was reportedly used in targeted attacks on South Korean organizations earlier this yea...

Exploit Kits Quickly Adopt Exploit Thanks to Open Source Release

A security researcher recently published source code for a working exploit for CVE-2016-0189 and the Neutrino Exploit Kit EK quickly adopted it. CVE-2016-0189 was originally exploited as a zero-day vulnerability in targeted attacks in Asia. The vulnerability resides within scripting engines in...

CryptXXX, Cryptobit Ransomware Spreading Through Campaign

Researchers have spotted several types of ransomware, including CryptXXX and a fairly new strain, Cryptobit, being pushed through the same shady series of domains. The campaign, called Realstatistics, has tainted thousands of sites built on both Joomla! and WordPress content management systems...

CryptXXX Ransomware Updates Ransom Note, Payment Site

For the second time since June 1, the handlers of CryptXXX ransomware have changed their ransom note and Tor payment site. More importantly to those developing detection signatures and administrators, this update no longer makes changes to the file extensions of encrypted files. “To make it more...

Phoenix Exploit Kit remote code execution vulnerability

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The Changing Face of Pseudo-Darkleech

The pseudo-Darkleech campaign is one of the most notorious and ongoing attacks of recent years, making use of major exploit kits to deliver primarily different strains of ransomware. The campaign has been a bit of chameleon since it was disclosed in March 2015 by researchers at Sucuri. The latest...

Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution Exploit Author: CrashBandicot @DosPerl Tested on: MSWin32 Vuln file : geoip.php 492. isset$GET'bdr' ? eval$GET'bdr' : explode'nop','nop nop nop'; PoC :...

Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution

Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution Exploit Title: Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution Exploit Author: CrashBandicot @DosPerl Date: 2016-06-30 Tested on: MSWin32 Vuln file : geoip.php 492. isset$GET'bdr' ? eval$GET'bdr' : explode'nop','nop nop nop'; PoC :...

Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution

Exploit Title: Phoenix Exploit Kit - Remote Code Execution Exploit Author: CrashBandicot @DosPerl Date: 2016-06-30 Tested on: MSWin32 Vuln file : geoip.php 492. isset$GET'bdr' ? eval$GET'bdr' : explode'nop','nop nop nop'; PoC : http://localhost/Phoenix/includes/geoip.php?bdr=phpinfo; Screen :...

Phoenix Exploit Kit Remote Code Execution

This module exploits a Remote Code Execution in the web panel of Phoenix Exploit Kit via geoip.php. The Phoenix Exploit Kit is a popular commercial crimeware tool that probes the browser of the visitor for the presence of outdated and insecure versions of browser plugins like Java and Adobe Flash...

On the Rise of Ransomware, Bitcoin Phishing, and Exploit Kits

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Bitcoin phishing campaign, the Kaspersky Lab ransomware report, misconfigured email servers, and a decline in Angler exploit kit traffic. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJune242016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Jkanime Site Infected, Redirecting to Exploit Kit, Ransomware

An anime site popular in Mexico and South America was this week infected with malware redirecting visitors to a Neutrino Exploit Kit landing page. The site, Jkanime, streams anime video and has 33 million monthly visitors. Neutrino is currently the top dog among exploit kits after two of the bigg...

Nuclear, Angler Exploit Kit Activity Has Disappeared

Criminal hackers are fickle about their attack vectors. You need to look no further for evidence of this than their constant migration from one exploit kit to another. And while there is an expansive menu of exploit kits, attackers do seem to congregate around a precious few. Researchers who stud...

CryptXXX Jumps From Angler to Neutrino Exploit Kit

Crooks behind the revamped CryptXXX 3.100 ransomware have switched its distribution from the Angler Exploit Kit to the Neutrino Exploit Kit. The sudden change in distribution was spotted on Monday by researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center. “This is not the first time we’ve seen campaigns...

Angler Exploit Kit Evading EMET

We recently encountered some exploits from Angler Exploit Kit EK that are completely evading Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET. This is something we are seeing for the first time in the wild, and we only observed it affecting systems running Windows 7. Angler EK uses complex...

Angler Exploit Kit Evading EMET

We recently encountered some exploits from Angler Exploit Kit EK that are completely evading Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET. This is something we are seeing for the first time in the wild, and we only observed it affecting systems running Windows 7. Angler EK uses complex...

Angler Exploit Kit Evading EMET

We recently encountered some exploits from Angler Exploit Kit EK that are completely evading Microsoft’s Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET. This is something we are seeing for the first time in the wild, and we only observed it affecting systems running Windows 7. Angler EK uses complex...

Updated CryptXXX Ransomware Big Money Potential

CryptXXX ransomware has received a major overhaul by its authors, putting it on the fast track to unseat Locky as top moneymaker for criminals. Researchers at Proofpoint said that on May 26, cybercriminals released an updated CryptXXX 3.100 version of the ransomware that includes a new StillerX...