Suspicion malware activity is due to recently patched Flash exploit.
BY Jérôme Segura
During the past few days we have noticed a higher than usual number of malvertising attacks pushing the Magnitude exploit kit which had been relatively quiet to drop ransomware.
Magnitude EK is one of those exploit kits we dont hear about as much in comparison to others such as Angler EK or Nuclear EK. Its unique URL pattern makes it easy to spot from the clutter of network traffic captures because it uses chained subdomains typically ending in a shady Top Level Domain like pw (Palau Pacific island).
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Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.org/
