Understanding and Battling Exploit Kits
Exploit kits, which first became popular in 2006, are used to automate the exploitation of vulnerabilities on victims' machines, most commonly while users are browsing the web. Over the past decade they have become an extremely popular means for criminal groups to distribute mass malware or remote access tools (RAT), because they lower the barrier to entry for attackers and can enable opportunistic attacks at scale. To understand this phenomenon, we must understand the ecosystem that surrounds exploit kits, including the actors, campaigns and terminology involved.
As organizations build their prevention infrastructure, they should consider how their security controls can identify and prevent this significant threat across the network, cloud and endpoint.
Download this whitepaper to learn more about the past, present and future of exploit kits, and how to prevent them.