ZDNet

RIG exploit kit crimewave infects millions

RIG exploit kit version 3.0 has been released and has already infected 1.25 million people at an average rate of 27,000 machines per day. A few months ago, the RIG exploit kit's future was in jeopardy ...
Threat Post

Inside the RIG Exploit Kit

In a deep analysis of RIG, Cisco Talos team outlined the way the exploit kit combines different web technologies such as DoSWF, JavaScript, Flash and VBscript to obfuscate attacks. Today’s most ...
CSOonline

RIG exploit kit takes over while Angler on vacation

Angler went on vacation during the first two weeks of the year, but the Russia-hosted RIG was there to ensure that there would be no respite for users The Angler exploit kit went on vacation during ...
Bleeping Computer

RIG Exploit Kit Suffers Major Blow Following Coordinated Takedown Action

A joint operation between various industry actors has led to tens of thousands of shadow domains being shut down and removed from the infrastructure of the RIG Exploit Kit (RIG EK). All have ...
Bleeping Computer

The Rig Exploit Kit Has Forsaken Ransomware for Coinminers

The exploit kit landscape has continued its downfall started in the summer of 2016 and its leading player —the RIG exploit kit— has stopped delivering any ransomware strains in 2018, focusing now on ...
CSOonline

Newest RIG exploit kit driven by malicious advertising

LAS VEGAS – Earlier this year, a disgruntled reseller leaked the source code for version 2.0 of the RIG exploit kit. Since then, the RIG’s author has released version 3.0, which was recently ...
Threat Post

RIG Exploit Kit Pushing Cryptowall Ransomware

The RIG Exploit Kit is using malvertising to infect victims with Cryptowall ransomware, including one tiny New Hampshire town that proved backup is king when confronting ransomware. With Cryptolocker ...
Dark Reading

RIG Exploit Kit Replaces Raccoon Stealer Trojan With Dridex

The cybercriminals behind the RIG Exploit Kit earlier this year traded out the credential-stealer Trojan Raccoon Stealer after its lead developer was killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Dark Reading

RIG Exploit Kit Takedown Sheds Light on Domain Shadowing

A coordinated effort to disrupt activities related to the RIG Exploit Kit has once again revealed how extensively threat actors abuse legitimate domains and websites to build the operational ...