A bank account-raiding worm, Ramnit has started spreading on Facebook, stealing login credentials as it creeps across the site, security researchers have revealed. Seculert’s research lab has discovered that Ramnit recently started targeting Facebook accounts with considerable success, stealing over 45,000 Facebook login credentials worldwide, mostly from people in the UK and France.
Posts Tagged ‘ZeuS’
Hosting Providers Infested With Malware, Botnets: Report
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: Amazon, AS33182 HostDime, botnet, C&C servers, China, exploit servers, Germany, HostExploit, hosting providers, malware, Phishing, Spam, U.S., ZeuS
A new report from HostExploit, an independent group that monitors the level of relative malicious activity on hosting providers around the world, shows that HostDime, a provider based in Orlando, Fla., had the highest relative levels of malware and phishing and other malicious activity in the second quarter of 2011. The servers hosted by the company [...]
ZeuS-in-the-Mobile targets Android, abuses Trusteer brand name
Posted: 13th July 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, Mobile, NewsTags: Blackberry, cybercriminals, mobile, mTANs, Symbian, Trusteer, Windows Mobile, ZeuS, ZitMo
A new version of ZeuS-in-the-Mobile (ZitMo), malware which targets mTANs has been discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Labs. The mobile malware was discovered in the end of September 2010. Previous versions of ZitMo targeted Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. However, the latest version brings ZeuS-in-the-Mobile to rapidly growing mobile platform, Google’s Android. “The first fact [...]
Android malware and new botnets attempting to take over where Rustock left off
Posted: 3rd June 2011 by infosecindia in Mobile, NewsTags: Android, botnet, cybercriminals, mcafee, Rustock, Spam, SpyEye, Threats Report: First Quarter 2011, ZeuS
McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2011. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had a significant impact on the threat landscape, such as the takedown of the Rustock botnet, which resulted in [...]
Complete sourcecode of ZeuS botnet leaked to the masses
Posted: 10th May 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: botnet, Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, malware, Trojan, virus, Zbot, ZeuS
Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS has found that the complete source code for the ZeuS botnet crime kit is being distributed on several underground forums as well as through other channels. CSIS has also collected several addresses from where Zeus source code is being distributed in a compressed zip archive. The company says [...]
Hackers made $11 million in unauthorized transfers to China, says FBI
Posted: 28th April 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, News, ScamTags: Backdoor.bot, China, Chinese, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Phishing, scammers, Spybot, US, ZeuS
In a first of its kind report, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. (FBI) has quantified the economic impact of Chinese hackers on U.S. businesses. According to a fraud alert from FBI, U.S. businesses have been taken for at least $11 million over the last year thanks to unauthorized wire transfers to China. Cybercriminals have been [...]