GoDaddy, along with researchers from RSA Security and other companies, shut down tens of thousands of illegal established subdomains tied to the RIG Exploit Kit.

Researchers have spotted an increase in CryptoShield ransomware infections coming from the RIG Exploit Kit used by EITest delivery campaigns.

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.

Cisco Talos identified the Sundown exploit kit as an up-and-coming contender that may soon rival RIG in terms of size and volume.

Researchers said they’ve seen an uptick in RIG Exploit Kit traffic and that attackers have begun using the kit to peddle CrypMIC ransomware.