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Toolkits

JSR:

Laws may not have caught up with these in certain countries, and so they shouldn't be legal, they are not yet illegal according to the letter of the law, so they are able to be used.

 

YeongBae

What are toolkits?
In the past, hackers had to create their own programs from scratch. Toolkit is a attack kit that automatically launch massive attacks that exploit known vulnerabilities to install tools on people's PCs. So, it is a already generated program for hacking that anyone can use.

Are toolkits legal?
"It's like legitimate software in a lot of ways. Because they're making a profit, they're putting more work into them, so that my kit sells over your kit. And because the guys who buy the kits can turn around and generate a profit, people are willing to pay money for them," said Marc Fossi, executive editor of the new Symantec report.
It was not clarified, but assuming that these toolkits are traded with money in markets secretly, they are illegal, but treated like legitimate product as there is a high demand.

how do you use toolkits?
They are so simple that hacking can be done by just a few clicks and setting variables.