RIG Exploit Kit Started Adopting IE Zero Day after the POC Code was Released

in steem •  6 years ago 

The RIG exploit kit, a malware exploitation toolkit, has started incorporating CVE-2018-8174.

This exploit affects Visual Basic Scripting which is the language that is utilized by Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.

A new metasploit module has even came out for this which allows for people to just automate this attack.

Right now this exploit is mainly being used to drop cryptocurrency miners onto victim machines.

If you have any question, just post below.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ie-zero-day-adopted-by-rig-exploit-kit-after-publication-of-poc-code/

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