A hacker who claims to have developed part of the RIG Exploit Kit was unhappy when he wasn't receiving the normal payments of the malware updates, and decided to leak the tool's source code.
Originally, the hacker tried to sell RIG's services to HackForums, a site that is considered a paradise for script kiddies.
It was then written in a private underground forum where the administrators ban him, characterizing the scammer trying to trick members of the blackhat community trying to sell RIG services at very high prices.
So the disgruntled hacker uploaded the source code and a content sharing website and created one account on Twitter, from where he contacted different security researchers showing the link to download RIG.
At first, there was no confirmation that the leaked code was actually the RIG Exploit Kit. However, various researchers have confirmed the authenticity of the code, which is "the latest version of it packetuh.”
The RIG Exploit Kit is a popular browser-based attack tool that can be used to deploy all kinds of malware, from banking Trojans μέχρι ransomware με δυνατότητες κρυπτογράφησης files.
Leakage does not include exploits of RIG. For this reason, the researchers who analyzed the Exploit Kit by MalwareTech, decided to release the source code to the public.
IGuRu.gr will provide the link to the source code, ONLY for research purposes. You can download the kit from the link below.
