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Paunch

Biography: 

Paunch is a malware kingpin who is the alleged author of Blackhole and Cool exploit kits. He was arrested by the Russian authorities last October 2013. Russian security and forensics firm Group-IB, which assisted in the investigation, released additional details, including several pictures of Paunch. According to Group-IB, Paunch had more than 1,000 customers and was earning $50,000 per month from his illegal activity.

Facts

He also created Crypt.Am, an anonymous antivirus stimulator which provided services for protection of malware against detection by AV programs.

He contracted with a third-party exploit broker who announced that he had a $100,000 budget for buying new, previously undocumented “zero-day” vulnerabilities.

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References

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/12/meet-paunch-the-accused-author-of-the...