CrimeBoss Exploit Kit
Posted: September 25, 2013
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Ranking: | 8,071 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 1,412 |
| First Seen: | September 25, 2013 |
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| Last Seen: | October 5, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
A potential successor to the CrimePack Exploit Kit, the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit is a drive-by-download attacker that installs unreliable software onto your PC when your browser is exposed to the hosting website. Exposure to a CrimeBoss Exploit Kit may be induced by Trojans loading these sites deliberately or by you accidentally loading such sites in your browser, The CrimeBoss Exploit Kit and most other exploit kits usually are used for installing high-level PC threats, including worms, backdoor Trojans and banking Trojans that are intended for disabling important security features and stealing your confidential information. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend the highest degree of caution around any site that may be harboring the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit, and the use of professional anti-malware programs for blocking a CrimeBoss Exploit Kit's attack or removing its payload is all but mandatory.
The Virtual Crime Boss Ordering Its Trojan Hoodlums to Invade Your Hard Drive
With an interface very similar to that of the Crimepack Exploit Kit, but with completely different internal code, the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit possibly is intended as an update or replacement for that earlier PC threat, but continues to have the same basic functions. The CrimeBoss Exploit Kit's attacks use software exploits (primarily Java-based ones) to install unsafe software onto your computer automatically. In an interesting point of aggression, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have noted that the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit even is capable of suggesting that you install or activate any uninstalled/deactivated software that the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit requires for exploiting its built-in vulnerability-based attacks.
The CrimeBoss Exploit Kit appears primarily to be focusing its attack campaign on North and South America, but there are some signs that the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit's attacks may be extending to Portugal and other European nations. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers also have confirmed that the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit is one of the more widely distributed exploit kits, similar to Styx or Blackhole Exploit Kit, and uses multiple domain redundancies to prevent its individual components from being taken down too easily.
What Happens When the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit Selects Your PC as Its Latest Mark
Malicious programs installed by CrimeBoss Exploit Kits usually are disguised as image files or other harmless file types. However, their actual functions aren't impeded by this simple aesthetic disguise, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team has found most of the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit's payloads to involve some form of spyware and/or backdoor Trojans. Common problems that may result from a CrimeBoss Exploit Kit infection include loss of bank account information, fraudulent financial transactions initiated without your approval and the dismantling of your PC's most important security features.
Unless you've disabled or uninstalled Java, the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit's attacks are not likely to show any symptoms whatsoever. Anti-malware software should be utilized whenever appropriate for blocking the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit and other drive-by-download attackers that are hosted on hacked or hostile sites, and of course, for deleting the highly invasive Trojans that the CrimeBoss Exploit Kit usually installs.
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