Cybercriminals are using the Zeus online banking malware to target companies that use cloud-based payroll services, researchers from security firm Trusteer said Monday. The researchers have come across a Zeus configuration that monitors the log-in Web page of a Canadian provider of human resources and payroll services called Ceridian Canada,…
Microsoft disrupts massive Zeus malware ring
Working with partners in the financial services industry, Microsoft has spearheaded the seizure of several servers used to spread the infamous Zeus banking malware. The coordinated action is part of the software giant’s push to disrupt the cybercrime infrastructure supporting worldwide fraud and identity theft. In a press release issued…
Microsoft strikes at Zeus botnets
Microsoft has struck again at malware operators and cybercriminals, this times raiding data centers in Pennsylvania and Illinois to seieze command and control servers and domain names allegedly used to control multiple Zeus botnets. Microsoft coordinated the raid in a manner similar to the company’s successful takedown of the Rustok…
Wrath of the Titans: Microsoft, U.S. Feds Slay Godly “Zeus” Botnets
Print 5 comment(s) – last by wordsworm.. on Mar 27 at 12:01 AM (Source: Universal Pictures) Zeus malware was long untouchable, infected 3m+ in U.S. alone In the era of organized cybercrime, one of the most dangerous threats to arise in recent years was “Zeus”. A malware program named after…
Microsoft disrupts servers used by feared Zeus bank Trojan
In the most significant cybercrime bust of the year so far, Microsoft and US banking organisations say they have disrupted a number of the most active botnets that have been attacking online banking customers across the world with impunity using the Zeus crimeware. On 19 March, the company filed a…
Microsoft hits Zeus botnet cybercrime servers and domains
Microsoft and several of its partners have disrupted a number of cybercrime rings that used the Zeus malware to steal an estimated $100 million over the last five years. The company said a consolidated legal case has been filed in the US against those allegedly responsible that for the first…
Microsoft Takes Out Zeus
March 23, 2012: Digital forensic examiner Ashim Kapur disables a computer running the Zeus botnet in Scranton, PA. Microsoft/YouTube View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Modified ZeuS botnet Trojan no longer needs C&C servers
The ZeuS Trojan has been modified by cybercriminals in a way that means it no longer relies on command and control (CC) servers for receiving instructions, according to Symantec security researchers. ZeuS is very popular in the cybercriminal world because it’s capable of stealing a wide variety of information, documents…
‘Gameover’ malware is next-gen Zeus trojan
The “Gameover” malware that the FBI warned users about earlier this month is a preview of the next version of the even-more-notorious Zeus money-stealing Trojan, a security researcher said today. “Gameover represents the latest and greatest source code package from the Zeus author,” said Don Jackson, director of Dell SecureWorks’…
‘Gameover’ malware is next-gen Zeus trojan
The “Gameover” malware that the FBI warned users about earlier this month is a preview of the next version of the even-more-notorious Zeus money-stealing Trojan, a security researcher said today. “Gameover represents the latest and greatest source code package from the Zeus author,” said Don Jackson, director of Dell SecureWorks’…