New exploits discovered in the Angler Exploit Kit crimeware can bypass Microsoft’s vaunted Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) and then drop ransomware. The finding by FireEye is the first time that EMET, Microsoft’s free tool that prevents malware from running on a Windows machine, has been unable to catch real malware. Researchers have hacked at EMET over the years looking for weaknesses—with some success–but until now there had been no real signs of bad guys abusing it.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading
