Traps Prevents In-The-Wild VBScript Zero-Day Exploit in Internet Explorer

On August 15, Trend Micro published a blog post detailing a high-risk vulnerability in the VBScript Engine of Microsoft Internet Explorer being exploited in-the-wild (CVE-2018-8373). This vulnerability still affects endpoints running the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Windows which do not have the relevant patches applied.

The exploit was served on a malicious web host: hxxp://windows-updater[.]net/realmuto/wood.php?who=1?????? which was linked to the DarkHotel APT campa...