On Friday, the Zeus tracker shows that the Russian registrar Reg.ru sold 10 domain names that are now being used for Zeus-related activity. Seven of those domain names are redirecting to one ...

Zeus Tracker, a Web site that tracks the botnet, noticed the steep drop in servers on Wednesday morning. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day.

Cybercriminals are in the process of rebuilding the Gameover Zeus (GOZ) botnet, which law enforcement authorities took over in June, and recent research suggests that they’ve had some success ...

The Zeus attacks began in late September and peaked in early October, said Manky, who warned that because criminals commonly conduct campaigns in waves, more are likely. The botnet’s command-and ...

Bogachev is accused of running the Gameover Zeus botnet, a massive crime machine of 500,000 to 1 million infected PCs that was used for large DDoS attacks and for spreading Cryptolocker — a peer ...

Swiss authorities have apprehended a Ukrainian national wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 12 years for connections with a cyber-criminal group that stole millions of dollars from ...

John Doe 1 is the creator of Zeus, which along with Ice-IX and SpyEye are the three pieces of code that make up the Zeus Botnet, according to the complaint Microsoft and others filed in federal ...

Computer World New capabilities are strengthening the ZeuS botnet, which criminals use to steal financial credentials and execute unauthorized transactions in online banking, automated clearing ...

Computer security firm NetWitness discovered a botnet that, according to the firm, has compromised 75,000 systems at 2,500 organizations, including 10 federal agencies.

A computer virus, a version of the Zeus botnet called "Kneber," has infected 75,000 systems in 2,500 business and government agencies around the world, according to researchers at Internet ...

That means the 68 Zeus botnet command-and-control servers associated with Troyak can reconnect to hacked systems and issue new instructions. Disputing Starchenko's explanation, security experts ...

Zeus is actually a botnet-making kit that allows cybercriminals to create their own networks of infected computers, but it has been associated with a wave of financial fraud that has caused ...