Exploit Kits: The production line of the Cybercrime Economy
This work addresses the problem of cybercrime for global economies, but it is incremental as it reviews existing developments without introducing new methods or data.
The paper reviews recent developments in exploit kit capabilities and their practical applications in cybercrime, aiming to enhance understanding of the exploit kit economy to aid in combating these threats and assess industry preparedness.
The annual cost of Cybercrime to the global economy is estimated to be around 400 billion dollar in support of which Exploit Kits have been providing enabling technology.This paper reviews the recent developments in Exploit Kit capability and how these are being applied in practice.In doing so it paves the way for better understanding of the exploit kits economy that may better help in combatting them and considers industry preparedness to respond.