Tag: Zeus

February 16, 2024

A Ukrainian cybercrime kingpin who ran some of the most pervasive malware operations faces 40 years in prison after spending nearly a decade on the FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, pleaded guilty this week in the […]

November 17, 2022

“Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources.” […]

December 9, 2016

Security researchers from Cisco Talos and Flashpoint have conducted an investigation of the Floki Bot in a joint effort. The Floki bot is a banking Trojan based on Zeus that has been sold on cyber-crime underground since September 2016. The […]

October 12, 2015

Malicious #rich text format (#rtf) documents are often used to spread #malware, and a recent #attack #campaign targeting the Israeli public sector has been using RTF files to inject the ##zeus trojan. Security researchers at Check Point have identified a […]

July 6, 2015

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, using the nicknames “lucky12345” and “slavik,” is allegedly involved in a wide-ranging racketeering enterprise that installed malicious software known as “Zeus” on victims’ computers, according to the FBI. The well-known banking Trojan was used to capture bank […]

June 29, 2015

Authorities from six European countries have taken down a major cybercriminal group in Ukraine suspected of developing, exploiting and distributing well-known banking Trojans Zeus and SpyEye, according to Europol. Police arrested five suspects between June 18 and 19. The cybercriminals […]

March 14, 2013

Today we have also detected significant activity related to fake e-mail messages that claim to be from #bbb (#better business bureau) sent from spoofed email address. In this example, the subject of the email is “BBB SBQ Form #212313267(Ref#13-212313267-0-4)“. And […]

February 19, 2013

Following is the message detail of the fake email purporting to be from Staples Advantage: Scam target: Email From (spoofed address): [email protected] Email subject: Your order is awaiting verification! Scam messages: Staples Advantage Your order has been submitted and is […]

August 3, 2012

We detected a massive phishing campaign targeting AmazonLocal customers. The email included a malicious link, based on our brief analysis shows that the malware is part of the Zeus/Zbot family. When you get a suspicious email, try to hover the […]

August 30, 2011

In January 2010, some banks reported suspicious change in server settings and errors in financial documents sent through their servers. Experts believe that it was caused by a malware named Ramnit and it affects files of operating system and infects […]