Before its Thursday patch, anexploit that took advantage of the Java security flaws had been included in the widely used Blackhole cybercriminal software kit as well as the Metasploit penetration testing toolset.
In particular, India has been able to exploit its great comparative advantage in an era of broadband communications and globalisation: its wealth of technically adept, English-speaking talent.
Discovered and submitted to the agency this past Monday, the exploit unearthed by Smith takes advantage of an "SNMP backdoor" : an internet protocol that allows for remote network administrative control without authentication.