01-20-2019 , 12:14 PM
Quote:The new year is a time for resolutions and promises of change, so much so that even malware has returned from a bit of time off with some new features, including a new Flash exploit, according to Malwarebytes head of investigations, Jérôme Segura.
The Fallout exploit kit (EK) took a little respite over the first few weeks of 2019, but it has returned, this time using CVE-2018-15982, along with HTTPS support, a new landing page format, and Powershell to run its payloads. In addition, Seguara said the team has seen an increase in RIG EK campaigns, which he suspects might have been an effort to fill that temporary void.
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