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September 21, 2009: New banking trojan
Finjan CTO Yuval Ben-Itzhak talks about URLZone, which has been called the most sophisticated banking trojan yet.
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URLZone touted as most sophisticated banking trojan yet
The trojan not only retrieves banking credentials but also is directed to steal money from compromised accounts, often making it appear to the victim that it took less than it actually did.
Cybercrime, Malware, Phishing, Security News
‘Narwhal Spider’ group’s spam campaign targets Japanese recipients with URLZone malware
A newly discovered spam campaign powered by version two of the well-known Cutwail botnet has been found targeting Japanese users in an attempt to infect them with the URLZone (aka Bebloh) banking trojan. In a company blog post yesterday, Crowdstrike researchers Sebastian Eschweiler, Brett Stone-Gross and Bex Hartley note that the operation leverages the art of…
Executive Insight
Big Malware Moments of 2016 Part 1
Financial malware is a threat that seems to make headlines almost every month. Studies indicate that cybercrime is the only economic crime to have seen an increase this year, rising sharply, and landing the second rank on the list of the most reported economic crimes globally.
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FBI: Money mule scams top $100 million
The FBI is dealing with new cases every week of sophisticated banking trojans being installed on PCs to swindle companies out of large amounts of money, the agency said this week.
Cybercrime
After takedown, are Avalanche and its malware families buried?
Global authorities' takedown of Avalanche, a cybercriminal network whose malware campaigns are estimated to have cost victims in over 180 countries hundreds of millions of dollars, was an achievement four years in the making - and yet the saga is far from over.
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‘Avalanche’ cyber-crime platform dismantled, EU security forces praised
A four-year long investigation by various multinational law enforcement agencies including Europol, the FBI and the US Justice Department, has brought down the international criminal infrastructure platform known as 'Avalanche'.
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