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You may be wondering what Visa, MasterCard, Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo have in common. The short answer, as revealed by security experts, is a peer-to-peer (P2P) variant of the Zeus platform.
For each one of these combinations, cybercriminals have made a clever scenario, Trusteer reports.
When targeting Fa... |
15 May 2012
09:34 GMT |
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Reddit features the interesting story of an individual who claims he is a botnet operator and a malware developer.
He starts his story by saying that he manages a customized ZeuS botnet made up of around 10,000 bots, which he uses for IRC, distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and Bitcoin mining. As expected... |
14 May 2012
08:59 GMT |
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Google has started sending notifications to the individuals that Microsoft appointed as being behind the ZeuS botnet they've disrupted. Some applaud this decision, while others say that the company’s “one-size-fits-all” privacy policy isn’t the best way to handle things.
Microsoft’... |
5 May 2012
06:42 GMT |
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The dual-chip GeForce GTX 690 graphics card from NVIDIA has become a selectable option on some Cyberpower pre-built computers, not the least of which is the Zeus Thunder max.
Like Origin PC and Maingear, Cyberpower is ready to serve the interests of gamers with deep pockets.
The “cheapest” system equi... |
4 May 2012
07:39 GMT |
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Yesterday we learned from FireEye researchers that Microsoft failed to take down 3 command and control (C&C) servers used by the ZeuS botnet that it disrupted last week. As it turns out, Microsoft left the servers alive intentionally.
We have contacted Microsoft representatives and asked for clarifications regarding... |
5 April 2012
12:53 GMT |
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Last week we learned that Microsoft managed to disrupt a major botnet powered by the infamous ZeuS Trojan. However, it turns out that they didn’t sinkhole all the command and control (C&C) servers, as three of them escaped the long arm of the Redmond company.
FireEye researchers analyzed the botnet targeted by... |
4 April 2012
10:04 GMT |
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Internet users are advised to be on the lookout for malicious emails that purport to come from US Airways, bearing information regarding an online ticket reservation.
Kaspersky Lab experts inform that the phony notifications are well designed, even displaying a link to the company’s privacy policy.
However, b... |
4 April 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Microsoft, along with Kyrus Tech Inc and some of the leaders of the financial services industry, managed to deliver a blow to a few cybercriminal organizations by disrupting the activities of a number of botnets which relied on the infamous Zeus Trojan.
The Redmond company’s representatives state that they&rsq... |
26 March 2012
06:14 GMT |
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Boutique system vendor CyberPowerPC has just announced that it has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of the gaming oriented Zeus desktop system that is powered by Intel Core i7 or AMD FX-Series processors. The initial Zeus rollout includes six models, four of these based on Intel’s recently unveil... |
16 February 2012
03:16 GMT |
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Security researchers identified a variant of the Ice IX malware currently targeting online banking information that belongs to users in the United States and the United Kingdom. This modified version of ZeuS tries to steal not only bank account data, but also information on telephone accounts belonging to the victims... |
2 February 2012
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During his expeditions in the hacking underground, security researcher Brian Krebs came across a new variant of the infamous bank-account-stealing ZeuS Trojan called Citadel. Its developers mainly address customers who aren’t satisfied with the support offered by other malware providers.
“Its no secret t... |
23 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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From January 9 through 12, 2012, Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus hosts the third annual International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS 2012), an event where the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Fordham University unite global experts of the industry to discuss matters such as cybercrime and cyber... |
9 January 2012
05:34 GMT |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released an advisory to warn Internet users of a new phishing campaign that relies on fake emails coming from legitimate organizations to spread a piece of malware called Gameover.
The malicious emails may come from the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), ... |
9 January 2012
04:35 GMT |
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Email messages pretending to originate from the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) have been seen landing in inboxes these days, alerting the recipient on an “important information” about his bank.
The emails appear to be coming from a spoofed address that replicates a legitimate one, reports Mxlab... |
8 December 2011
14:51 GMT |
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Internet users are advised to treat emails that seem to be coming from mobile carriers, especially Verizon, with maximum suspicion since security experts noticed that they were actually set up to spread a malicious piece of malware.
A sample email provided by MMPC reads:
Hello Dear!
Your current bill for your acco... |
7 December 2011
04:40 GMT |
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The Ghost Panel, utilized by cybercriminals who rely on ZeuS to complete their malicious campaigns, now benefits from a graphical redesign that tries to bring the Christmas spirit into the black hearts of hackers.
Underground forums now advertise the classic Ghost web panel with a deferent skin that says “Merr... |
29 November 2011
14:41 GMT |
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A Danish security company called CSIS stumbled upon a worm that spreads from one Facebook customer to all the ones found in his contact list.
GFI reports that the worm relies on stolen Facebook account credentials to spam all the friends of the victim by advertising a link that allegedly points to a jpeg image file... |
29 November 2011
07:19 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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A new version of the infamous ZeuS has been seen roaming the internet, masqueraded as a message coming from the Australian Taxation Office, informing you of changes in the ways of submitting a tax report.Trend Labs discovered the popular bank account-stealing Trojan at the end of September, identifying the piece of ... |
17 October 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Recent findings claim that the two infamous pieces of malware never actually merged into one powerful Trojan as their authors promised at some point, but now they're suspected to come as a package.
According to The Threat Post, at first, the two malicious elements didn't get along at all. Each one of the... |
15 October 2011
04:47 GMT |
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A Russian cybercriminal codenamed “Soldier” has managed to steal more that $3 million in the course of 6 months from U.S. organizations and individuals, being aided by two American accomplices and numerous money mules.
Trend Micro has been investigating the hacker who is supposedly a 20-year old from R... |
16 September 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab warn about a new crimeware pack called Ice IX which was built using the ZeuS source code leaked earlier this year.Just like its parent, Ice IX is sold on the underground market and can be used to generate custom trojans that join infected computers into botnets.According to Kas... |
24 August 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Researchers from email security vendor AppRiver warn of new email spam campaigns that generate fake communications from the Internal Revenue Service, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Electronic Payments Association (NACHA).The rogue emails use different tricks to lure users to links that distribu... |
12 August 2011
05:58 GMT |
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The number of computers infected with the ZeuS banking trojan is four times higher than that of systems infected with SpyEye, according to statistics compiled by Trusteer.Trusteer specializes in protecting against malware that poses a direct financial risk. Its Rapport product secures browser sessions and prevents tr... |
8 August 2011
06:57 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro warn that a wave of fake IRS emails direct recipients to a new variant of the LICAT file infecting virus.LICAT is a piece of malware associated with the ZeuS banking trojan that first appeared back in October 2010. Malware analysts believe that LICAT is intended as a distribution... |
28 July 2011
08:43 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn of a widespread web injection attack that has infected a large number of websites with code distributing a variant of the notorious Zeus trojan."Huge numbers of sites have been injected with a malicious JavaScript that attempts to load content from an exploit site when innocent u... |
15 July 2011
12:52 GMT |
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Android malware authors have began passing their creations as legit security applications, trojans posing as Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Trusteer Rapport being seen so far.Spoofing security software is common with desktop threats, particularly scareware applications that immitate antivirus programs. However, the trend i... |
14 July 2011
12:19 GMT |
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Security researchers warn about a wave of fake emails purporting to come from the Federal Reserve and distributing a variant of the notorious ZeuS trojan.Even though the email body contains the header and logo of the Federal Reserve, the messages were crafted to appear as originating from ach_rejects@nacha.org.NACHA ... |
23 June 2011
12:55 GMT |
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A wave of fake emails distributing a variant of the notorious ZeuS banking trojan and posing as Windows security update notifications has been in circulation for almost a week.According to security researchers from email and web security vendor AppRiver, the spam campaign began last Friday in advance of Microsoft... |
12 May 2011
08:56 GMT |
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The Internet might soon be plagued by new versions of the notorious ZeuS banking trojan because its source code is now freely available online.ZeuS remains the most popular crimeware toolkit despite its development having stopped last autumn when its creator retired.The ZeuS Bot (Zbot) trojan is one of the most succe... |
11 May 2011
12:37 GMT |
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Researchers from secure browsing solutions vendor Trusteer came across a ZeuS variant that injects rogue advertisements on high profile websites in order to promote a fake investment fund.Despite no longer being actively developed, ZeuS remains the most popular crimeware tootkit for cyber fraudsters.However, it seems... |
28 April 2011
01:22 GMT |
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The FBI warns that cyber fraudsters are using computer malware to siphon millions of dollars from the bank accounts of US firms and send the money to sham companies in China.During the past year, the FBI has investigated twenty cases in which online banking credentials were stolen from small-to-medium size US compani... |
27 April 2011
02:23 GMT |
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A recently identified ZeuS trojan sample is digitally signed with a fake certificate whose purpose is to make the piece of malware harder to detect.According to security experts from Avira who discovered the sample, the digital certificate is signed by an entity called "DetectMe :)" and dates since the end of Februar... |
14 April 2011
02:24 GMT |
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Security researchers worry that ZeuS source code, which is already available for sale on the underground market, could become widely available for anyone to use.The history of ZeuS, one of the longest running and most successful trojans ever created, took an interesting turn last year when its creator decided to reti... |
2 April 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Security researchers from Trend Micro have identified a ZeuS-in-the-Mobile (ZITMO) variant that specifically targets BlackBerry devices to steal SMS messages.The trojan is part of the latest stream of ZeuS mobile components that try to tackle two-factor authentication systems implemented by banks.In order to counter ... |
8 March 2011
02:15 GMT |
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) warns that cybercriminals are using a tax refund phishing campaign to push a variant of the notorious ZeuS banking trojan.Like in most phishing attacks of this sort, the fake emails purport to come from the taxation agency, in this case ATO, and tell recipients they are eligible t... |
28 February 2011
10:50 GMT |
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A new wave of spam emails are targeting business users and attempt to infect them with a variant of the ZeuS banking trojan by posing as ACH transfer failure notifications.According to researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro who analyzed the campaign, the emails purport to come from NACHA – The Electronic... |
25 February 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Polish online banking users are being targeted by a ZeuS variant which features a mobile component for stealing SMS codes required by two-factor authentication systems.In order to counter the increasing amount of online banking fraud performed via phishing or with the help of sophisticated trojans like ZeuS and SpyEy... |
21 February 2011
12:50 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a newly identified ZeuS sample is signed with a fake digital certificate allegedly issued to German antivirus vendor Avira.Code signing has been possible since the days of Windows NT, however, adoption of the technology was slow until Windows Vista and Windows 7, where UAC (User Access ... |
21 February 2011
02:59 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 from RSA have confirmed that the SpyEye author is working on a "super trojan" by merging features from ZeuS into his own creation, sometimes by copying entire chunks of code.When rumors first appeared last year that SpyEye and ZeuS will be merged together, after Slavik gave his source code to Har... |
9 February 2011
13:09 GMT |
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The UK foreign secretary, William Hague, said the British government is increasingly targeted in cyber attacks launched by foreign intelligence agencies.Speaking at a security conference in Munich on Friday, Mr. Hague revealed that three of its staff members were the target of a spear phishing attack last month.He ex... |
7 February 2011
06:53 GMT |
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The source code of the infamous ZeuS banking trojan is being offered for sale on the underground market suggesting the malware might continue to be developed independently from SpyEye.Back at the end of October, rumors appeared that the ZeuS developer, Slavik, aka monstr, is retiring from the malware writing scene an... |
7 February 2011
00:31 GMT |
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According to statistics gathered by Trusteer, a provider of secure browsing solutions, the highest number of ZeuS command and control (C&C) servers are hosted in the United States.The United States is usually at the top of malware charts, either as top hoster, the country with largest number of infected computers or ... |
4 February 2011
13:58 GMT |
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Security researchers have found evidence that fraudsters using the ZeuS banking trojan are increasingly targeting services that facilitate online payments in real or virtual currencies.Malware analysts from Trusteer, a provider of secure browsing solutions, have detected moneybookers.com in the configuration of 26 di... |
21 January 2011
12:46 GMT |
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The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a joint project between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), has issued a warning that cybercriminals are responding to job ads with fake emails carrying trojans hidden as CVs.In order to outline the seriousness of this threat, the center presents a cas... |
20 January 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Security researchers from McAfee warn that the first crimware toolkit to result from the ZeuS-SpyEye merger is now available for purchase on the underground market.Earlier this year the security community was surprised to learn of rumors that ZeuS and SpyEye, two rival threats in the cybercriminal world, would be joi... |
14 January 2011
08:52 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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Security researchers from Trend Micro have identified a new variant of LICAT, a file infector associated with the ZeuS trojan, which doubles the daily number of domains the malware contacts to recieve updates.LICAT is a file infecting virus discovered at the beginning of October, which propagates by adding its malici... |
3 December 2010
07:34 GMT |
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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has been long rumored to plan the release of a PlayStation Phone, and some more info on it have just emerged, along with a video that supposedly shows it into the wild.Provided that the PlayStation Phone will indeed prove real, we might learn that the previously rumored Zeus name was... |
1 December 2010
09:13 GMT |
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