02. February 2011 · Comments Off on Seculert Research Lab: The New Trend in “Malware Evolution” · Categories: blog · Tags: , , ,

Seculert Research Lab: The New Trend in “Malware Evolution”.

This post by Seculert Research Labs provides an overview of the evolution of Carberp. Carberp is a relatively new botnet which is rapidly evolving into the one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware ever seen.

Some say it will be the successor to Zeus. Whether that happens remains to be seen, but its developers are surely competing for the cybercriminals’ software budget.

25. October 2010 · Comments Off on SpyEye v. ZeuS Rivalry Ends in Quiet Merger — Krebs on Security · Categories: Fraud, Malware · Tags: , , , ,

SpyEye v. ZeuS Rivalry Ends in Quiet Merger — Krebs on Security.

Brian Krebs today is providing an update on banking Trojan activity. While ZeuS has been in the public eye, another banking Trojan SpyEye seems to be ascending.

In the last several years, it is estimated that the ZeuS Trojan enabled the theft of more than $70 million from nearly 400 organizations.