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A new variant of the Zeus/Zbot trojan, dubbed ZeusVM, is using images as a decoy to retrieve its configuration file, and waits to steal banking info. 
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The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
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The amount of cybercriminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few months, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro.
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Intercepts SMS messages from bank, defeating two-factor authentication.
A new version of the Zeus trojan—a longtime favorite of criminals conducting online financial fraud—has been used in attacks on over 30,000 electronic banking customers in Europe, ===> infecting both their personal computers and smartphones. <===
The sophisticated attack is designed to circumvent banks' use of two-factor authentication for transactions by intercepting messages sent by the bank to victims' mobile phones.
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Dass Cyberkriminelle immer einfallsreicher werden, zeigt eine der jüngsten Entdeckungen von Symantec: Ein Zeus-Botnet, das ohne zentralen Kontroll-Server auskommt, sich also nur schwer ausschalten lässt.
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While Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs announced big botnet takedowns this week, the latest generation of Zeus botnet tools are making it easier for bot-herders to hide their trails.
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Microsoft hat am Wochenende in einer gemeinsamen Aktion mit Finanzdienstleistern den Versuch unternehmen, dass Botnetz Zeus vom Netz zu nehmen.
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Jetzt hat es auch Anonymous erwischt: Anstatt Cyberangriffe zu tätigen, ist das Kollektiv nun selbst Opfer des bekannten Trojaners Zeus geworden.
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Two months ago, an unknown attacker slipped in a Zeus-infected version of Slowloris into the list of DDoS tools that Anonymous has been distributing t...
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The newest strain of the notorious Zeus malware family is capable of defeating common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutio...
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A new report from Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit CTU research team breaks down the biggest banking botnets from last year, and reveals that 900 financial institutions from around the globe have been targeted. Via Frederic GOUTH, Gust MEES
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Purveyors of the Gameover trojan are using the wellknown Cutwail botnet to lure victims into downloading the banking malware.
A new wave of spam campaigns are dispensing "Gameover,” the ===> only banking trojan in the Zeus family to use peer-to-peer (P2P) communications to hide its activities. <===
Read more, a MUST: http://www.scmagazine.com/zeus-family-trojan-spreads-by-way-of-spam-botnet/article/271333/
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A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab.
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The Citadel Trojan was first introduced for sale to cybercriminals in the Russian-speaking underground in February 2012. The Trojan, which was initially based on the Zeus Trojan’s exposed source code, is already at its second upgrade release, version 1.3.3.0, which was shared with its customer-base on March 15th.
One of the features included in the initial report and communicated by Citadel’s developers in late February related to a Trojan feature the developers have apparently implemented: DNS Redirection.
Per the feature list, the developer claims that unlike other Trojans, Citadel does not modify the “Hosts” file on the infected PC (all too often used for local Pharming), but rather allows the botmaster to block or redirect any URL they wish to prevent the bot from reaching.
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![How financial botnets like #Zeus infect computers [video] | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/MbtSwAqGO7HtRl8YHo0Fzzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Video on how financial botnets like #Zeus infect computers and steal your account info...
Gust MEES: a very good video who explains the way that everybody understands... A MUST WATCH!!!
Check out also:
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/beginners-it-security-guide/
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/why-ict-security-why-the-need-to-secure-a-computer/
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/pc-security-howto-secure-my-pc/
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![Microsoft and US Marshals bring down Zeus botnet servers [VIDEO] | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/skgujm5U_wMHOjnwzKaN-Dl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Microsoft, working with others in the financial services and computer security industry, has disrupted a number of botnets being used by the Zeus malware family, allegedly responsible for nearly ha...
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Hackers have duped supporters of the Anonymous group into installing the Zeus botnet, which steals confidential information from PCs, including banking usernames and passwords, security researchers said last week.
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Nach der Schliessung der Filesharing-Seite Megaupload nutzten Tausende von Anonymous-Sympathisanten ein Tool zur Beteiligung an DDoS-Attacken auf Webseiten.
Pikant: Eine Zeit lang verwies eine Anonymous-Anleitung auf eine manipulierte Version des DDoS-Tools, die mit dem Zeus-Trojaner infiziert war.
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Facebook users under attack from Zeus malware again
Attackers using compromised accounts to spread Trojan...
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