Dark Reading

ZeuS Malware Returns, Targets SMBs

Even criminals need to periodically retool their operations for current market conditions. The ZeuS/ZBot malware has resurfaced "with a vengeance," according to Trend Micro security researchers. The ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Comment: How ZeuS Became the King of Financial Malware

Zeus has proven to be the king of financial malware over the past few years Amit Klein, Trusteer For the past three years, the ZeuS trojan has been the king of financial malware. It is the weapon of ...
CSOonline

Researchers See Improvements in Breakaway Zeus Malware

A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing money from online bank accounts is being updated with new functions after its source code was leaked earlier this year, according to ...
HHS

International Malware Crackdown Revealed

Law enforcement agencies from around the world took part in a coordinated operation to disrupt the botnet used to spread the malware known as Gameover Zeus and seize computer servers crucial to the ...
Computerworld

Researchers see updated Zeus malware

A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing money from online bank accounts is being updated with new functions after its source code was leaked earlier this year, according to ...
Bleeping Computer

Zeus, IcedID malware gangs leader pleads guilty, faces 40 years in prison

Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, one of the heads of the notorious JabberZeus cybercrime gang, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his leadership roles in the Zeus and IcedID ...
Dark Reading

Zeus Malware Anti Piracy Measures Thwarts Competitors, Researchers

Security software vendor Sophos reports that it's discovered a new form of the Zeus-- aka Zbot -- financial malware kit that uses anti-piracy techniques to make it impossible to run the code for uses ...
CRN

Facebook Hit With Likejacking, Zeus Malware Attack

In the latest scam, detected by researchers at Sophos, users receive a message, allegedly coming from one of their friends that states "I can't believe a GIRL did this because of Justin Bieber" ...
Computerworld

Despite recent busts, ZeuS Trojan will be around awhile

Despite high-profile busts in the U.S. , U.K. and Ukraine of cybercriminals using ZeuS malware to steal from online accounts, ZeuS will evolve and remain an effective theft tool for a long time, ...
CSOonline

Zeus Malware Used Pilfered Digital Certificate

Researchers at Trend Micro have found that a widespread piece of malware used a digital certificate from a competing security company's product in an attempt to look legitimate. Researchers at Trend ...
Time

Zeus: Bank Account Stealing Trojan Virus Spreading on Facebook

Be careful what links you click on Facebook. A gang of international cybercrooks has resurrected a six-year-old Trojan virus named Zeus, using it to harvest personal information and drain unsuspecting ...
Bleeping Computer

Bulletproof hoster gets 3 years for pushing Ursnif, Zeus malware

Romanian national Mihai Ionut Paunescu, aka "Virus," was sentenced to three years in prison by a Manhattan federal court for running a bulletproof hosting service and facilitating the distribution of ...