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 spreading
cryptocurrency miners (coinminers) and information-stealing trojans (infostealers).
These are the main conclusions of months of observation by Palo Alto Network security researcher Brad Duncan.
Exploit kit market continues to fall
Duncan, one of the leading specialists in malvertising campaigns and exploit kit usage, has been one of the first to notice
the declining state of the exploit kits —web-based applications that facilitate the delivery of malicious code to vulnerable and outdated browsers.
The expert pointed out last year that the exploit kit market, which started a general decline in the summer of 2016, has continued to fall in the first half of 2017. In a blog post today, Duncan says that fall has continued all throughout 2017 and the first month of 2018.
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