RIG EK – Computer Security Articles

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Malvertising campaigns come back in full swing

September 15, 2020 admin ad networks, bad ads, exploit kit, exploit kits, Fallout EK, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, RIG EK, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:07:14 +0000

Threat actors monetize on adult traffic in several large malvertising campaigns.

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Social engineering

Tags: ad networks bad ads exploit kit exploit kits Fallout EK malvertising malvertising campaigns RIG EK

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Electrum Bitcoin wallets under siege

April 16, 2019 admin bitcoin, bitcoins, Botnet, cybercrime, ddos, Electrum, exploit kit, Exploits, RIG, RIG EK, Social engineering, vulnerabilities, wallet

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Threat actors are relentlessly phishing and attacking Electrum Bitcoin wallet users, racking up millions of dollars.

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Tags: bitcoin bitcoins botnet ddos Electrum exploit kit exploits RIG RIG EK vulnerabilities wallet

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Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

October 24, 2018 admin anti exploit, AZORult, EK, EKs, exploit kit, exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, Fallout EK, grandsoft, GrandSoft EK, Magnitude, magnitude EK, ramnit, Ramnit Trojan, RIG, RIG EK, smoke loader, Smoke Loader Malware, Threat analysis, Underminer, Underminer EK

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:10:54 +0000

With a fresh exploit kit in town, the drive-by download landscape shows new signs of life in fall 2018.

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Tags: anti exploit AZORult EK EKs exploit kit exploit kits exploits Fallout Fallout EK grandsoft GrandSoft EK Magnitude magnitude EK ramnit Ramnit Trojan RIG RIG EK smoke loader Smoke Loader Malware Underminer Underminer EK

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RIG exploit kit campaign gets deep into crypto craze

January 9, 2018 admin bitcoin, Bytecoin, cryptocurrency, cryptominers, cryptomining, drive-by downloads, Drive-by mining, Electroneum, exploit kits, malvertising, malware, monero, Ngay, RIG EK, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:11:16 +0000

We take a look at a prolific campaign that is focused on the distribution of coin miners via drive-by download attacks. We started to notice larger-than-usual payloads from the RIG exploit kit around November 2017, a trend that has continued more recently via a campaign dubbed Ngay.

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Tags: bitcoin Bytecoin cryptocurrency cryptominers cryptomining drive-by downloads Drive-by mining Electroneum exploit kits malvertising monero Ngay RIG EK

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LatentBot piece by piece

June 8, 2017 admin hasherezade, latentbot, malware, malwarebytes labs, RIG EK, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:00:53 +0000

LatentBot is a multi-modular Trojan written in Delphi and known to have been around since 2013. Recently, we captured and dissected a sample distributed by RIG Exploit Kit. In this post we will describe its modules by taking apart several layers of obfuscation and encryption in order to reveal their true nature.

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Tags: hasherezade latentbot malwarebytes labs RIG EK

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Elusive Moker Trojan is back

April 21, 2017 admin EK, exploit kit, malware, Moker, Rat, RIG EK, Threat analysis, Trojan

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:44:58 +0000

We finally have gotten our hands on a sample of Moker Trojan (that was discovered in 2015). This article will be a deep dive in its capabilities.

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Tags: EK exploit kit malware Moker rat RIG EK trojan

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Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign

March 29, 2017 admin 1760468715, cybercrime, EK, Exploits, malware, RIG EK, RIG exploit kit, site hacks

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:00:52 +0000

This URL is quite probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and yet still works and redirects to malware.

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Tags: 1760468715 EK malware RIG EK RIG exploit kit site hacks

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