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Angler for Beginners in 34 Seconds
Angler for Beginners in 34 Seconds
Post authored by Martin Rehak, Veronica Valeros, Martin Grill and Ivan Nikolaev. In order to complement the comprehensive information about the Angler exploit kit from our Talos colleagues [
Oct. 15, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Cisco Talos Thwarts Access to Massive International Exploit Kit Generating $60M Annually From Ransomwa …
Threat Spotlight: Cisco Talos Thwarts Access to Massive International Exploit Kit Generating $60M Annually From Ransomwa …
This post was authored by Nick Biasini with contributions from Joel Esler, Nick Hebert, Warren Mercer, Matt Olney, Melissa Taylor, and Craig Williams.
Oct. 6, 2015
Angler EK: More Obfuscation, Fake Extensions, and Other Nonsense
Angler EK: More Obfuscation, Fake Extensions, and Other Nonsense
This post was authored by Nick Biasini Late last week Talos researchers noticed a drastic uptick in Angler Exploit Kit activity. We have covered Angler
June 5, 2015
Threat Spotlight: Angler Lurking in the Domain Shadows
Threat Spotlight: Angler Lurking in the Domain Shadows
This post was authored by Nick Biasini and edited by Joel Esler Overview Over the last several months Talos researchers have been monitoring a massive
March 3, 2015
Angler Exploit Kit – New Variants
Angler Exploit Kit – New Variants
This post was authored by Nick Biasini On January 27th,  Talos researchers began observing a new Angler Exploit Kit (EK) campaign using new variants
Feb. 3, 2015
Flash 0-day Exploited by Angler Exploit Kit
Flash 0-day Exploited by Angler Exploit Kit
This post was authored by Nick Biasini, Earl Carter and Jaeson Schultz Flash has long been a favorite target among Exploit Kits (EK). In October 2014 the
Jan. 23, 2015
Angling for Silverlight Exploits
Angling for Silverlight Exploits
This post is co-authored by Andrew Tsonchev, Jaeson Schultz, Alex Chiu, Seth Hanford, Craig Williams, Steven Poulson, and Joel Esler. Special thanks to
May 19, 2014