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Understanding Angler Exploit Kit - Part 1: Exploit Kit Fundamentals

Generally speaking, criminal groups use two methods for widespread distribution of malware. The most common method is malicious spam (malspam). This is a fairly direct mechanism, usually through an email attachment or a link in the message to the malware. However, malspam requires some sort of action by the user to be successful (for example, opening an attached file).

The other method for widespread malware distribution is an exploit kit (EK). EKs are designed to wor...

Malware

Threat Prevention

Unit 42

Jun 03, 2016

By Brad Duncan

Palo Alto Networks

Products and Services

Partners

Events, News of the Week

Palo Alto Networks News of the Week – January 31

Here is all the top Palo Alto Networks news from the last week of January.

Jan 31, 2015

By Chad Berndtson

Malware, Threat Prevention

Malvertising: The Dawn of a New Attack Era

In September 2014, two news sites in Israel fell victim to a malvertising campaign that affected thousands of viewers. One month later, Yahoo! and AOL became victims of a similar campaign. Malvertising concerns...

Jan 26, 2015

By Palo Alto Networks

Predictions, Threat Prevention

2015 Predictions: Threat Prevention

As 2014 comes to a close, our subject matter experts check in on what they see as major topics and trends for the new year. (You can read all of our 2015 predictions content here.)

Nov 20, 2014

By Palo Alto Networks