Blackhole's back: Hated exploit kit returns from the dead

The seemingly long-defunct Blackhole Exploit Kit has resurfaced in a fresh run of drive-by download attacks, according to research carried out by security firm Malwarebytes. The cybercrime tool was widely used by hackers to push malware from compromised websites onto the Windows machines of visiting surfers for years up to …

[Anonymous Coward]

VirusTotal is for the benefit of the spooks

The malware is collected so that all the zero days in them and the virus itself can by reused by the agencies.

The other alternative is that the billion dollar US tax dodging corporation has developed an outbreak of altruism and is doing it for free and the benefit of humanity.

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Analysis of cybercrime tool exploit kit

"We noticed Java and PDF exploits collected by our honeypot"

The logical solution is to ban Java and PDF files from Windows machines. And make looking at 'source code' a crime with a penalty of life in solitary without parole.