Tag: ZEUS

A new piece of banking malware has finally surfaced, confirming fears that have been circulating for several months. The new worm combines elements from both Zeus and SpyEye, but, according to Seculert CTO and co-founder Aviv Raff, it has only infected a handful of people so far. Seculert's screenshots show that the malware has two control panels -- one resembling Zeus's, and the other ...

If you've received any suspicious-looking e-mails from LinkedIn recently, you may have been targeted by the latest Trojan attack to hit inboxes. The malicious e-mails, which targeted billions of Windows users yesterday, seemed like normal LinkedIn invitations from random contacts. And, like most LinkedIn invites, the messages asked users to click a link to confirm the request. Instead of sending ...

With easier access and cheaper automated software, anybody with a few bucks and a computer can become a hacker these days. According to Information Week, a study by security intelligence service iDefense found that botnets can be rented for less than $70 a day, or less than $10 an hour. In a study of 25 illegal botnet offerings, the firm found that not only is this malicious software relatively ...

Just over a week ago, researchers demonstrated the PDF vulnerability that turns a so-called "feature" into a back door, through which criminal minds could infect a user's PC. Now, hackers have released an attack that takes advantage of said "feature." The widespread Zeus botnet has been updated and packaged in PDF form, and is now landing in e-mail inboxes around the world. Security firm M86 ...

As if phishing scams and identity thefts didn't already make the Internet unappetizing, hackers are apparently getting still more industrious in ways that leave us feeling queasy. According to The New Scientist, we now have to worry about "a burgeoning cyber-crime industry, one which lets people with next to no programming skills steal a fortune in cash or get hold of sensitive government ...

A trojan known as Zeus is slowly making its way around the globe. The malicious program has been discovered on more that 74,000 systems, apparently targeting those in government offices and major companies like Merck, Cardinal Health, Paramount Pictures, and Juniper Networks. Zeus has been creeping onto more and more PCs over the last year and a half, collecting corporate log-in information, as ...