Hackers shut down Neosploit attack kit

A noted hacker attack kit has been retired from service by its criminal creators, most likely because it was priced too high compared to the competition, researchers said today.

Last week, security analysts at RSA's FraudAction Research Labs said they had evidence that the makers of Neosploit, a well-known infection kit used by online criminals to apply multiple exploits against PCs, -- were abandoning the business.

RSA, which regularly monitored the forums and chat rooms where Neosploit's developers marketed their product, was confident that the group was giving up on the kit, though not on hacking. "Even we assume that this isn't necessarily the end of this group," said Sean Brady, a product marketing manager in RSA's ID and access assurance group, which includes the FraudAction lab.