A Russian cybergang headed by a mysterious ringleader called ‘Soldier’ were able to steal $3.2 million (£2 million) from US citizens earlier this year using the SpyEye-Zeus data-stealing Trojan, security company Trend Micro has reported. Over a six month period from January 2011, Trend found that the Soldier gang had…
Android at risk from SpyEye banking Trojan
Banking transactions for owners of Android phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the SpyEye Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS – the first known version for Android. The malware not only tries to steal authentication information banks send via SMS, it also…
DeBank malware tool spots SpyEye, Zeus banking trojans
A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online banking credentials. The tool, called Debank, was built by Finnish penetration testing company Fitsec, which has used the tool to scan its customers’ machines,…