Exploit kits still play a role in today’s threat landscape and continue to evolve. For this blogpost I studied and analyzed the evolution of one of the most sophisticated exploit kits out there – Magnitude EK – for a whole year. Read Full Article
The zero-day exploits of Operation WizardOpium
Back in October 2019 we detected a classic watering-hole attack that exploited a chain of Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows zero-days. In this blog post we’d like to take a deep technical dive into the attack. Read Full Article
IT threat evolution Q1 2020. Statistics
Kaspersky solutions blocked 726,536,269 attacks launched from online resources across the globe, a total of 442,039,230 unique URLs were recognized as malicious. Read Full Article
APT trends report Q1 2020
For more than two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2020. Read Full Article
iOS exploit chain deploys LightSpy feature-rich malware
A watering hole was discovered on January 10, 2020 utilizing a full remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant named LightSpy. The site appears to have been designed to target users in Hong Kong based on the content of the landing page. Read Full Article
Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2019. Statistics
During the year, Kaspersky solutions repelled 975 491 360 attacks launched from online resources located all over the world and 273 782 113 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by web antivirus components. Read Full Article
Windows 0-day exploit CVE-2019-1458 used in Operation WizardOpium
During our investigation, we discovered that yet another 0-day exploit (CVE-2019-1458) was used in Operation WizardOpium attacks. Read Full Article
IT threat evolution Q3 2019. Statistics
Kaspersky solutions blocked 989,432,403 attacks launched from online resources in 203 countries across the globe; 560,025,316 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Read Full Article
Chrome 0-day exploit CVE-2019-13720 used in Operation WizardOpium
Recently, we caught a new unknown exploit for Chrome browser. We promptly reported this to the Google. After reviewing of the PoC we provided, the company confirmed there was a zero-day vulnerability and assigned it CVE-2019-13720. Read Full Article
IT threat evolution Q2 2019. Statistics
Kaspersky solutions blocked 717,057,912 attacks launched from online resources in 203 countries across the globe, 217,843,293 unique URLs triggered Web Anti-Virus components. Read Full Article