Security News > 2018 > April > Security researchers sinkholed EITest infection chain
Security researchers have managed to neutralize “EITest,” one of the oldest infection chains and thus preventing as many as two million potential malicious redirects a day. About EITest EITest relied on compromised websites – mostly WordPress-based, but also using other CMSes – to direct users to exploit kit landing pages and social engineering schemes, which then delivered a wide variety of malware. It has been in use, on and off, since at least 2011. “Shortly … More → The post Security researchers sinkholed EITest infection chain appeared first on Help Net Security.
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