Hackers now using Rig Exploit Kit to exploiting the Internet Explorer (IE) remote code execution vulnerability ( CVE-2018-8174) with integrating a cryptocurrency-mining malware to mine Monero. Exploit kits can expose victims to multifarious threats from information theft and file encryption to malicious cryptocurrency mining. Researchers already released a Metasploit module for the exploitation of the exploit of the vulnerability after the PoC code was available online. After successful exploitation, a second-stage downloader is retrieved, which appears to be a variant of Smoke loader due to the URL.”]
Source: https://gbhackers.com/internet-explorer-rig-exploit-kit/