Trend Micro researchers claim to have found a connection between the arrest of Pauch, the author of the notorious BlackHole exploit kit, and the CryptoLocker ransomware, a threat thats currently being distributed via spam runs.
According to experts, before Paunchs arrest by Russian authorities, cybercriminals used the Cutwail botnet for BlackHole exploit kit spam campaigns.
However, after BlackHole became extinct due to the lack of updates…
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