FireEye security researchers say they've found Angler exploit kit installations capable of evading some of the security protections provided by the Microsoft EMET toolkit on Windows 7.
EMET stands for Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit and is a lesser known security product provided by Microsoft that was designed to add another extra layer of security on top of Windows systems.
The toolkit is not a standalone antivirus product because it will not actively look for malware, but it will put up serious defenses whenever malware tries to exploit vulnerable components.
Until now, security researchers have discovered a few
ways to bypass EMET's defenses, but none have been used in real-world attacks.
