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70 percent of exploit kits come from Russia: Report

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Almost 60 percent of the vulnerabilities in computing systems used by exploit kits are over two years old, and the majority of exploit kit development takes place in Russia, according to a new study by the Solutionary's Security Engineering Research Team (SERT).

The research paper (registration required) said that out of 26 exploit kits analyzed by SERT, 70 percent were either released or created in Russia, with China and Brazil the other most popular regions for exploit kit development.