Spreadsheet that lists which exploits each exploit kit uses

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  1. MrBrian

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    See "Most popular exploits" section at Secure Windows XP after updates end.
     
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    From paper "A Case Study of Intelligence-Driven Defense" (2011) (direct link: hxxp://www.trailofbits.com/resources/exploit_intelligence_project_paper.pdf ):
     
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    It's quite revealing to see that CVE-2006-0003 -- the IE6 MS06-014 exploit -- is still being used in *12* of the exploit kits!

    So, why would an 8-year old exploit, long since patched, still be lucrative??! It's one of the really clever exploits, IMO.


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    If you look at only the newest versions of the exploit kits though (yellow-ish columns), notice that only one contains that exploit. The newest versions of the exploit kits contain mostly exploits from the last several years.
     
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    That is true, but the older versions still exist. I found one recently. Unfortunately, I no longer have a version of IE that would let it run.

    Eventually, of course, that exploit will be regulated to the dust bin of history. May it rest in (deserved) peace. It served it's users well!


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    From hxxp://www.solutionary.com/research/security-intelligence/ :
     
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    Just in case, you can make links unclickable without the hxxp method, just by putting a "-" in front of them. It's easier to copy and paste them in that case.

    -http://www.solutionary.com/research/security-intelligence/
     
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    Why make a link unclickable? If there is something dangerous about it, then it shouldn't be posted in the first place.
    I usually pass on them because

    1) I'm too lazy to copy|paste

    2) I figure there is something undesirable about the link.


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    Good question and one you asked me a long time ago :) I only started making them unclickable a long time back because I noticed so many others doing the same, figuring it must be forum policy. Well, I can't find that policy anywhere in the TOS. So, why are we doing this?
     
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    If Web of Trust extension shows a site as green status, I usually give a clickable link, unless it's a direct link to a file. If Web of Trust extension shows a site as unrated, I usually give an unclickable link. (I know Web of Trust isn't perfect.) I use Adblock Plus, so I wouldn't know if a site contains inappropriate ads.
     
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    Thanks for the tip :). I'm not sure I'd use that though, because there are browser extensions that automatically might convert such back into a clickable link.
     
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