FBI, Europol and NCA gunning for top 200 black hats making exploit kits for criminals

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2411419/fbi-europol-and-nca-gunning-for-top-200-black-hats-making-exploit-kits-for-criminals

By Alastair Stevenson
V3.co.uk
03 Jun 2015

Law enforcement agencies need to mount a coordinated effort to shut down 
the exploit developers and hosting sites powering organised crime, 
according to experts from the FBI, Europol and the UK's National Crime 
Agency (NCA).

The experts made the claim during a panel discussion at InfoSec 2015, when 
FBI assistant legal attaché Michael Driscoll listed taking down the "core 
group" of 200 black hats creating exploit kits as one of the biggest 
challenges facing law enforcement.

"We're looking to stop that marketplace of tools. There's a small group 
creating the core technologies that feed the criminal world," he said.

"The problem is they're easily bought on the criminal marketplace and 
distributed. I could go now and pick them up for $200. We're focusing our 
resources on taking out the people that do the most damage."

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