Company > Blog News and views from the leading voice in secure digital transformation Menu Home Product Insights Security Research Company News Zscaler Life More From This Author Rohit Hegde Insights and Research November 03, 2020 7 Min readElection 2020-themed scams and threat activities The United States presidential election is here. And as COVID-19 still runs unchecked throughout the world, 2020 continues to be an outlier year in so many ways. But one thing remains constant—scammers and threat actors ... Insights and Research June 09, 2020 4 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup—Spring 2020 This is the eleventh in a series of quarterly roundups by the Zscaler ThreatLabZ research team in which we collect and analyze the activity of the top exploit kits (EKs) during the past three months. For the past few ... Insights and Research March 11, 2020 1 Min readMicrosoft Remote Code Execution vulnerability in SMBv3 service: CVE-2020-0796 Background On 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released a Security guidance regarding Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol handles certain requests. A ... Insights and Research May 31, 2019 6 Min readTop exploit kit activity roundup – Spring 2019 This is the tenth in a series of quarterly roundups by the Zscaler ThreatLabZ research team in which we collect and analyze the activity of the top exploit kits over the last three months. Exploit kits (EKs) are rapidly ... Insights and Research January 18, 2019 4 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup – Winter 2019 This is the ninth in a series of quarterly roundups by Zscaler ThreatLabZ researchers, in which the team collects and analyzes the recent activity of current exploit kits. Exploit kits (EKs) are rapidly deployable softwa... Insights and Research November 20, 2018 7 Min readZscaler ThreatLabZ Phishing Roundup Phishing is an attempt to steal personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card details, date of birth, and other sensitive data. Typically, phishing targets a user with an email contain... Insights and Research August 07, 2018 6 Min readExploit kits go cryptomining – Summer 2018 edition Overview This is the ninth edition of our Quarterly Exploit Kit activity roundup series, in which we share our analysis of recent exploit kit activity. Exploit kits (EKs) are rapidly deployable software packages desig... Insights and Research May 31, 2018 4 Min readSMiShing with Punycode Cybercriminals keep coming up with new ways to steal and profit from personal user data. Because mobile devices are so prevalent, and so capable, they are becoming the targets of a variety of cyberattacks that were previ... Insights and Research May 11, 2018 4 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup – Spring 2018 Overview This is the eighth in a series of blogs by the Zscaler ThreatLabZ research team collecting and analyzing the recent activity of the top exploit kits. Exploit kits (EKs) are rapidly deployable software package... Insights and Research March 15, 2018 4 Min read2018 Tax Season Phishing Scams Cybercriminals have long used social engineering and phishing techniques to lure unsuspecting users into giving away private information. They track current trends and events to make their attacks more effective, and tax... Insights and Research January 10, 2018 5 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup - Winter 2018 Overview This is the seventh in a series of blogs collecting the recent activity of the current top exploit kits. Exploit kits are rapidly deployable software packages designed to leverage vulnerabilities in web brows... Insights and Research October 24, 2017 3 Min readTerror Exploit Kit via Malvertising campaign Terror Exploit Kit (EK) is one of the newer EKs that came to the scene in early 2017 and was mentioned in our Winter 2017 quarterly EK roundup where it was mainly installing ccminer Bitcoin mining applications. Terror EK... Insights and Research September 13, 2017 2 Min readBESCOM users being redirected to RIG EK BESCOM (Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited) is responsible for power distribution in eight districts of the Indian state Karnataka. The total area is roughly 15,900 square miles and serves a population of rough... Insights and Research September 12, 2017 5 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup - Summer 2017 Overview This is the sixth installment in a series of blogs highlighting the recent activity of the top exploit kits. Exploit kits (EKs) are rapidly deployable software packages designed to leverage vulnerabilities in... Insights and Research June 26, 2017 3 Min readWonder Woman, Piracy, and the Cerber Ransomware It’s become a lucrative business for malicious actors to host illegal streaming websites and upload or link to bootlegged content. The income from such activity is generated from the advertisements served to visitors. At... Insights and Research June 14, 2017 5 Min readTop Exploit Kit Activity Roundup - Spring 2017 Overview This is the fifth in a series of posts in which we're examining recent activity of the current top exploit kits. An exploit kit (EK) is a rapidly deployable software package designed to leverage vulnerabiliti... Insights and Research April 25, 2017 3 Min readJavaScript Malspam Campaigns Introduction: The Zscaler ThreatLabz team has observed multiple active malspam campaigns with links to malicious JavaScript payloads in the wild. These JavaScript files when opened by the end user will trigger downloa... 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