domain shadowing

June 16, 2015

THREAT RESEARCH

Domain Shadowing Goes Nuclear: A Story in Failed Sophistication

7 min read

This post was authored by Nick Biasini Exploit Kits are constantly altering their techniques to compromise additional users while also evading detection. Talos sees various campaigns start and stop for different exploit kits all the time. Lately a lot of focus has been put on Angler, and rightly so since it has been innovating continually. […]

March 3, 2015

THREAT RESEARCH

Threat Spotlight: Angler Lurking in the Domain Shadows

10 min read

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 exploit kit campaign that is utilizing hijacked registrant accounts to create large amounts of subdomains for both initial redirection and exploitation. This campaign has been largely attributed to Angler Exploit […]