May 2, 2014 13:24

Continued analysis of the LightsOut Exploit Kit

At the end of March, we disclosed the coverage of an Exploit Kit we called “Hello”: http://blog.talosintel.com/2014/03/hello-new-exploit-kit.html, or “LightsOut”, we thought we’d do a follow up post to tear this exploit kit apart a bit more.  This variant of the LightsOut exploit

March 3, 2014 15:05

Hello, a new specifically covered exploit kit

We're keeping a pretty close eye on Exploit Kits here at the VRT, and when a new trend or technique starts to rear its head, we pay close attention.  Over the past week or so, we saw an exploit kit doing something unusual - this kit appears to be tracking the Windows systems