Angler Exploit Kit Learns New Tricks, Finds Home On Popular Website

JMH · Feb 26, 2016

Researchers report Angler Exploit Kit attacks have become more brazen and are now targeting top websites with new tricks that can evade browser-based antimalware protection.

Karl Sigler, a Trustwave SpiderLabs researcher, told Threatpost his lab found the Angler Exploit Kit on a popular website for the second time in a week, exposing just under million visitors monthly to possible TeslaCrypt ransomware infections. Sigler said Trustwave researchers spotted the exploit on Extendoffice[.]com, a site that sells software for customizing Microsoft Office software applications.

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Angler Exploit Kit Learns New Tricks, Finds Home On Popular Website

JMH

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