Web Exploit Kits (Part 1): Overview
Zulifikar Ramzan, chief scientist in Sourcefire's Cloud Technology Group, leads our Chalk Talks videos. For more Chalk Talks, go to: http://www.sourcefire.com/chalktalks. This video describes, at a high level, what web exploit toolkits are. Examples of such kits include Blackhole, Cool, Pheonix, Nuclear, Sweet Orange, DoubleSemi , Redkit/Siberia; older kits include MPack, IcePack, FirePack, and 0x88. These kits are used to drop malware such as Bamital, Cridex, ZeroAccess, and Zeus onto the systems of unsuspecting victims by exploiting web browser and web browser related vulnerabilities. Video by Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan, Sourcefire's Chief Scientist in the Cloud Technology Group.