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Research from Arbor Networks points to a rejuvenated GameOver Zeus botnet that has grown more than 1,800 percent, confirming it has been rebuilt from scratch.
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 ...
“Gameover Zeus is the most sophisticated botnet the FBI and our allies have ever attempted to disrupt,” FBI Executive Assistant Director Robert Anderson Jr. said in a statement.
These reports talk about “the Zeus botnet”, which is an inaccurate reflection of reality. The reality is that there are many, many different Zeus botnets all maintained by different cyber ...
Zeus botnet bank thieves focused on logistics of crime and not covering their tracks Suspects charged with stealing more than $9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent ...
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 ...
Authorities have arrested dozens in connection with a Zeus botnet malware ring accused of stealing $12.5 million from unsuspecting victims' bank accounts--illustrating just how big the profit ...
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 ...
Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF’s /Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe’s specification. Earlier ...
The world's largest botnet Zeus has had its traffic disrupted by repeated disconnections of a Kazakhstani ISP, but a series of reconnections has revived its banking Trojan activity, according to ...
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.
Sadly, this botnet documented by NetWitness is neither unusual nor new. For the past several years at any given time, the number of distinct ZeuS botnets has hovered in the hundreds. At the moment ...