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In the aftermath of the security breach that affected Stratfor at the end of 2011, the company notified customers that they may be targeted by phishing scams and other malicious operations and now, Microsoft researchers came across a new type of malicious message that targets the think tank’s subscribers.
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15 February 2012
07:53 GMT |
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Emails that pretend to come from New York-based energy company ConEdison, informing recipients that their latest bill is attached, actually hide a dangerous variant of the Zbot malware.
M86 Security Labs inform that the email bears the subject “Billing-Summary-ConEdison as of <Date>” and the at... |
13 January 2012
03:56 GMT |
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When it first equipped Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) to deal with the PWS:Win32/Zbot malware family, Microsoft managed to clean infections from no less than 444,292 computers in the first month alone. However, security is very much an evolving cat and mouse game, and the cybercriminals behind the password-st... |
2 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Not long ago it was used in a spam campaign and now the Automated Clearing House's name is once again stained by a malicious email that's running around.
Websense revealed that they've been monitoring these emails and unlike last time, the messages don't contain any attachments, the malware tak... |
28 September 2011
06:15 GMT |
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A new ZBot distribution campaign produces fake emails that pose as notifications about a vulnerability in RSA's SecurID tokens and direct recipients to malware.According to security researchers from email security firm AppRiver who spotted the fake emails, the trojan is being passed as a security update for the ... |
28 July 2011
10:44 GMT |
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Security researchers have identified a Zbot component designed for Android which steals mobile transaction authentication numbers send by banks via SMS.ZeuS, aka Zbot, is one of the most popular banking trojans. Even though the original author of the malware has retired, the source code is available online for anyone... |
9 July 2011
06:55 GMT |
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Malware distributors have already began launching Easter-themed email campaigns, a recent one trying to push a variant of the Zbot trojan as a holiday greeting card.According to antivirus vendor McAfee which intercepted the attack, the fake emails bear a subject of "Easter Greeting From [name]" and contain an image o... |
21 April 2011
07:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a special edition of its Security Inteligence report that is focused entirely on the battle it’s waging against Zbot also known as Zeus.Zbot is the moniker used to refer to a family of password-stealing Trojans, and one of the most prevalent bots in the wild today. In... |
11 February 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Security researchers warn about fake emails purporting to come from the Miles & More frequent flyer programme and leading users to a Zbot drive-by download website.The rogue emails bear a subject of "ITINENERARY RECEIPT" and have their header spoofed to appears as originating from a memberservices@miles-and-more.com ... |
12 January 2011
11:56 GMT |
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Security researchers have spotted a ZeuS binary compilation service on the underground market which helps up-and-coming fraudsters reduce the costs of starting their own operation.Despite rumors of no longer being in active development or being sold by its original author, ZeuS remains the most popular crimeware tool... |
11 January 2011
03:08 GMT |
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A free security tool is slaughtering the Zbot botnet, having cleaned the malware responsible for harvesting zombie computers from almost 280,000 machines. Last week, a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool was released, updated to tackle Zbot, the 14th largest botnet worldwide. In just a few days,... |
18 October 2010
07:58 GMT |
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After it buried the Waledac botnet last month, Microsoft is gunning for another network of zombie computers this month with an update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). Like Microsoft Security Essentials, the Malicious Software Removal Tool is available free of charge, but unlike MSE, MSRT is only design... |
13 October 2010
10:08 GMT |
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A reputed security researcher has identified a gaping security hole in the ZeuS command and control Web application, which allows Zbot-based botnets to be easily hijacked.The flaw was discovered by Google security engineer Billy Rios (BK) in a version of ZeuS released earlier this year. But, given the nature of the b... |
27 September 2010
10:02 GMT |
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The fake flight ticket lure is still being used by email malware distributors to trick users into infecting themselves, experts from CA warn. Emails employing the recurring theme, that have plagued inboxes in recent years, have began making a comeback recently as part of a Zbot campaign."We received spam emails disgu... |
9 August 2010
05:59 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that multiple recent Zbot variants are using a forged digital signature in an attempt to bypass antivurs detection. Ironically the digital signature was copied from a ZeuS removal tool developed by Kaspersky Lab.Code signing has been around since Windows NT, but the practice has seen a wider... |
5 August 2010
06:21 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new Zbot trojan variant attempts to trick users into exposing their card details by mimicking the enrollment forms for the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode security programs.Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode are anti-fraud services, which prevent the abuse of stolen... |
15 July 2010
04:14 GMT |
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A new email spam campaign spreads emails masquerading as payment requests coming from eBay. Users are lured into opening an attached HTML file which redirects them to a malware pushing website.The rogue email messages have a subject of “Payment request from.” This is most likely a spelling mistake, the sp... |
13 July 2010
15:45 GMT |
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Security researchers have come accross a new ZBOT sample which targets several online banking systems in Russia. The variant was generated with a very old version of the ZeuS toolkit.ZeuS is a one of the most widespread and active developed crimeware toolkits. The program is so popular because it makes it easy for ev... |
6 July 2010
03:08 GMT |
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Researchers from security giant Symantec are announcing that a new botnet toolkit is threatening the infamous Zeus trojan. Dubbed SpyEye and priced at $500, the crimeware comes with a "Zeus killer" feature.The Zeus computer trojan, also known as Zbot, is a well-maintained piece of malware that has been around since 2... |
10 February 2010
09:32 GMT |
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Malware distributors are hard at work again to infect computer users with the notorious Zeus banking trojan. Their newest spam campaign informs users that their email accounts have been deactivated and instructs them to run an infected file.The malicious emails come with a "your mailbox has been deactivated" subject ... |
18 November 2009
05:10 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a spam campaign distributing a new Zbot version is currently in circulation. The bogus emails try to trick users into opening and installing the malicious attachments, which are passed as a tool for checking the account balance. The emails have their header spoofed to appear as origina... |
14 November 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new wave of malicious emails that target Facebook users. The messages falsely claim that a fresh login system is being implemented, directs people to a phishing site and also attempts to infect them with malware.This new spam campaign is interesting because it incorporates two different... |
9 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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Malware analysts from e-mail communication security vendor MX Lab, warn about a new version of the Zbot banking information-stealing trojan being distributed as an attachment to fake UPS delivery failure notification e-mails. The Zbot trojan, also known as Infostealer, is a rootkit-enabled malicious application with... |
3 March 2009
05:14 GMT |
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