Infinity Exploit Kit

Posted: May 29, 2014

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Threat Level:	8/10
Infected PCs:	8

First Seen:	May 29, 2014
Last Seen:	January 3, 2021
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Infinity Exploit Kit is a recently-detect threat that uses general software vulnerabilities for installing other threats, and download and install its payload onto your computer automatically. Since malware analysts have discovered the Infinity Exploit Kit's compatibility with multiple browsers and related software platforms, continued Web-browsing security measures are required for blocking its attacks, which are estimated to have high success rates. Like other exploit kits, an Infinity Exploit Kit may be encountered on hacked websites or abjectly corrupted ones.

The Problems of a Browser that's been Touched by Infinity

Since the last year's legal intervention that managed to arrest the developer of the notorious Blackhole Exploit Kit, threat authors have been looking for replacement delivery methods for their Trojans, worms and other threatening software. Although some third parties have turned to alternatives such as spam e-mail, many still prefer variants of different exploit kits just like the Infinity Exploit Kit. Like other PC threats in its category, the Infinity Exploit Kit is hosted on websites, both compromised and threatening, in an attempt to force unprotected Web browsers to load the Infinity Exploit Kit. The Infinity Exploit Kit is affecting Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox. General vulnerabilities in programs such as Flash and Java also might allow the Infinity Exploit Kit to affect other browsers, such as Chrome.

Web browsers without protection that are loading an Infinity Exploit Kit may be forced to execute code that could facilitate the installation of high-level PC threats automatically. There are not necessarily any symptoms from these attacks, but some persons may choose to accompany an Infinity Exploit Kit's assault with fake pop-ups prompting victims to install the threat under fraudulent pretenses (such as the disguise of providing a Flash update). Since the Infinity Exploit Kit is rented to other cybercrooks at the price of one hundred dollars daily, the details of its attacks are subject to individual variations.

Taking a Stand Against the Infinite Greed of Threat Developers

Although other parties in the security industry did identify the Infinity Exploit Kit's currently-abused exploits, its programming team has shown a willingness to incorporate new exploits in rapidly-released updates to the kit. Updating all relevant software, particularly Flash, Java and your Web browser, can lower the amount of vulnerabilities that are prone to exploitation by the Infinity Exploit Kit. Nonetheless, malware researchers also recommend having browser security software that can identify and block the Infinity Exploit Kit, regardless of all other factors.

Although there's little that's especially original about the Infinity Exploit Kit, its existence does make a clear showing of ill-minded persons continuing to use reliable, old methods of distributing threats alongside new ones. Since the Infinity Exploit Kit's author has been particularly conservative about his clientele, thus limiting the prospects for police intervention, it remains likely that this particular exploit kit may be a threat to Web surfers for the next year – or even longer than that.

Infinity Exploit Kit

Threat Metric

The Problems of a Browser that's been Touched by Infinity

Taking a Stand Against the Infinite Greed of Threat Developers

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