Criminal programming. Blackhole developers got 5.5 to 8 years in colonies

The creator of the exploit pack is Dmitry Fedotov

On April 12, 2016, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow convicted seven hackers and sentenced them to 5.5 to 8 years in prison. Dmitry Fedotov, well-known in underground circles under the names Paunch and Tolst ( dossier ), received a seven-year term .

27-year-old Dmitry Fedotov, together with colleagues who were engaged in the development and sale of Blackhole software, was detained in October 2013.

Blackhole for several years remained the most popular set of exploits on the market, writesrenowned security expert and expert on the underground market Brian Krebs. With its help, thousands of fraudsters around the world successfully robbed users, installed banking Trojans on PCs, stole online banking credentials, etc.

According to the information of the Russian company Group-IB, more than 1,000 customers each month brought about $ 50,000 for the rental of software (this is Fedotov personally, in the photo he is next to his Porsche Cayenne).

First discovered by experts in 2010, the Blackhole suite of exploits was malware designed to infect computers through hacked or malicious websites. For this, a rich and constantly updated set of vulnerabilities in browsers, Flash, Java, etc., including the 0day vulnerability was used.

Rental prices ranged from $ 500 to $ 700 per month. For an additional $ 50, the client could rent a cryptor and obfuscate the code so that the program is not detected by antivirus software.



Paunch collaborated with other hackers to purchase new vulnerabilities. Exploits to them were promptly added to the Blackhole set, so that the program was constantly kept up to date and was very effective.

Blackhole remained a massive product. Over time, the entrepreneur came to release an exclusive Cool Exploit Kit, based on the rarest 0day vulnerabilities, which was sold to VIP customers at a price of $ 10,000 per month.

It is known that at the beginning of 2013 Paunch paid an exploit broker under the nickname of JP Morgan for the amount of $ 200,000 to search for and purchase new 0day vulnerabilities. Thus, the Blackhole program not only brought money to its creator, but was also a tool for financing the entire black market, starting with ordinary hackers who are looking for bugs in the programs.