Kaspersky researchers have detected that distribution of the exploit is at least in the thousands, with the majority of impacted users located in the U.S., Russia and Germany.
Blue Coat researchers discovered that during last month alone, 204 new servers were hosting compromised web pages that delivered the Cool exploit kit to visitors. But it's a much costlier version compared to the dominant BlackHole.
When building new systems, security must be as foundational as performance and capability. Because without such a model, the risks associated with today's IT environments will only worsen.
Symantec has linked exploits that leverage a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer to the group responsible for a spate of recent espionage attacks.
A Turkish certificate authority (CA) accidentally issued two intermediate, or chained, digital certificates, one of which was used by the holder to mimic legitimate websites and launch attacks.
The flaw became known when it was used as part of a so-called "watering hole" attack against the website for the policy think tank Council on Foreign Relations, the influential membership group that helps shape U.S. foreign policy.
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