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Security company Sucuri recently noted a spike in WordPress infections, with a large number of sites getting injected with the same malicious scripts. Hacked websites are often used to host spam or perform malicious redirections to exploit kits and this case is no different. What makes it interesting is the volume and singularities that tie it to […]

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The CryptoWall 4.0 ransomware is being spread via exploit kits, with the Nuclear exploit kit (EK) being the first major crimekit to infect machines with this type of malware, Rackspace security researcher Brad Duncan has discovered. In a blog post published by the SANS Internet Storm Center, Duncan explains that the “BizCN gate” actor has […]

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In a new DNS Threat Index report from Infoblox, in the third quarter of 2015, malicious domain creation for exploit kits increased 75 percent. This indicates that the command-and-control (C&C) infrastructure behind these kits exploded last quarter. The report stated that cyber-criminals create new domains as a foundation for unleashing a variety of threats ranging […]

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