This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Exploit kits comprised of ...

For a long time, exploit kits were the most prolific malware distribution vehicle available to attackers. Where did they go and what’s replaced them? The bloom is off exploit kits. Once a mainstay for ...

We have seen what is meant by Security Vulnerabilities in computer parlance. Today we will see what is an Exploit and what are Exploit Kits. When a vulnerability is detected, an exploit follows until ...

SEATTLE -- AppRiver has uncovered yet more evidence that so-called drive-by downloads -- infections lurking on legit websites -- have become the pre-dominant way cyber criminals are infecting PCs. The ...

When we talk to people whose computers have been infected, they often ask how it happened. In a growing number of cases, they have been doing nothing more than reading a news website or browsing for ...

“The marketplace for hacker exploit kits is getting more crowded according to research by Kaspersky Labs, which found that new tools with names like SEOsploit and Crimepack are challenging the ...

The malware landscape is in a constant flux, with new trends and techniques appearing and/or going out of fashion on a monthly basis. Keeping an eye on what's what involves analyzing tens of thousands ...

Steganography, the technique of embedding hidden messages inside public files, has become very popular with exploit kit operators in 2016. Several security firms have detected multiple updates to ...

Malware is a business; people make their living writing and distributing it. Exploit kits are an effective and streamlined methodology of distributing malware; they allow the ‘Bad Guys’ to distribute ...

Of the top 10 vulnerabilities incorporated by exploit kits in 2016, six of them (rather unsurprisingly) affected Adobe Flash Player. Real-time threat intelligence provider Recorded Future arrived at ...

Over the weekend and into today, four different malvertising campaigns have been redirecting users to exploit kits that install password stealing Trojans, ransomware, and clipboard hijackers. All four ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. There are a lot of different ways that hackers can attack ...