Blackhole Exploit Kit creator arrested in Russia
After twenty-four hours of speculation, as well as a wall of silence from officials connected to the case, Europol's Troels Oerting, who is head of the European Cybercrime Center, has confirmed that 'Paunch' — one of the people behind the creation and maintenance of the Blackhole Exploit Kit — has been arrested in Russia.
"I know it is true, we got some information, but I cannot say anymore," Oerting told TechWeekEurope in a brief statement.
According to data from security firms such as Symantec, F-Secure, ESET, Kaspersky, Bit Defender, McAfee, and others, the Blackhole Exploit Kit is the most popular crime kit on the Web, and is used daily to tens of thousands of people online. Blackhole is rented by criminals and those responsible for its maintenance offer updates and features on a regular basis. The kit itself can be used for a number of attacks, as it supports exploits for Windows, Adobe, and Java, as well as custom scripts and attacks.
