Adobe Flash Accounts for 8 of the Top 10 Vulnerabilities Used in Exploit Kits

  • 9 November 2015
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By Catalin Cimpanu    9 Nov 2015
 
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Internet Explorer and Silverlight get the other 2 spots

 
Threat intelligence research company Recorded Future has put together a list of the most used vulnerabilities currently integrated in exploit kits (EK).
 
Their research covered the period from January 1, 2015, to September 30, 2015, and included data from the analysis of over 100 exploits kits currently used for various types of attack scenarios.
 
For the uninitiated, an exploit kit is a collection fo hacking tools that facilitate the infection of a user's computer with a particular piece of malware, specifically targeting known security vulnerabilities.
 
Some of today's most famous exploit kits include the Angler EK, the Fiesta EK, the Hanjuan EK, the Nuclear EK, and the Neutrino EK.
 
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