Tag: vbweb
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Latest VBWeb report describes current state of the web-based threat landscape
The web continues to be a major infection vector for individuals and organisations alike. In the VBWeb tests , which form part of Virus Bulleti n’s test suite, our team measures the performance of web security products against a range of live web threats. We publish quarterly reports on the performance of the products that…
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VB tests the web security products that play an important role in fending off web-based threats
The web continues to be a major infection vector for individuals and organisations alike. Though the number of drive-by download attacks (often through exploit kits) is down from its peak half a decade ago, they have seen a bit of resurgence recently, with more than half a dozen exploit kits currently active ─ and tracked…
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Virus Bulletin researcher discovers new Lord exploit kit
The number of active exploit kits is very small: the recently published summer 2019 edition of Malwarebytes ‘ quarterly round-up lists the seven then known active exploit kits. To that, a potential eighth has now been added, thanks to Virus Bulletin researcher Adrian Luca. During his work on the VBWeb tests for web security products,…
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Virus Bulletin researcher discovers new Lord exploit kit
The number of active exploit kits is very small: the recently published summer 2019 edition of Malwarebytes ‘ quarterly round-up lists the seven then known active exploit kits. To that, a potential eighth has now been added, thanks to Virus Bulletin researcher Adrian Luca. During his work on the VBWeb tests for web security products,…
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Latest Virus Bulletin report shows the difference web security products make
Extremely targeted attacks aside, when a user gets infected through the web, it means something has happened that should not have. Either the user clicked on a link they shouldn’t have clicked on, or they were browsing the web using unpatched software. Unfortunately, in both large and small organisations, these things happen a lot. And…
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Latest Virus Bulletin report shows the difference web security products make
Extremely targeted attacks aside, when a user gets infected through the web, it means something has happened that should not have. Either the user clicked on a link they shouldn’t have clicked on, or they were browsing the web using unpatched software. Unfortunately, in both large and small organisations, these things happen a lot. And…
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Research shows web security products perform well against exploit kits
Among the security community a lot of research effort is dedicated to analysing exploit kits and their constantly evolving methods of frustrating researchers while infecting ordinary users with malware. A lot of this research is then used to design and build products that aim to prevent exploit kits from infecting users. But how well do…
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Research shows web security products perform well against exploit kits
Among the security community a lot of research effort is dedicated to analysing exploit kits and their constantly evolving methods of frustrating researchers while infecting ordinary users with malware. A lot of this research is then used to design and build products that aim to prevent exploit kits from infecting users. But how well do…
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Virus Bulletin publishes first web filter test report
Virus Bulletin has been testing security products for more than 18 years, and in recent years, we have had many requests from product developers asking us to test their web security products. After all, whether malicious software is downloaded directly from websites or through sneaky drive-by downloads, the web remains an important infection vector. In…
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Compromised site serves Nuclear exploit kit together with fake BSOD
Support scammers not lying about a malware infection for a change. During our work on the development of the VBWeb tests, which will be started soon, we came across an interesting case of an infected website that served not only the Nuclear exploit kit, but also a fake blue screen of death (BSOD) that attempted…