Large Zeus Botnet Used For Financial Fraud 68
An anonymous reader writes "A large Zeus version 2 botnet is being used to conduct financial fraud in the UK and is operated from Eastern Europe. The botnet appears to be controlling more than 100,000 infected computers. The criminals have been harvesting all manner of potentially lucrative and revenue-producing credentials — including online account IDs plus login information to banks, credit and debit card numbers, account types plus balances, bank statements, browser cookies, client side certificates, login information for email accounts and social networks, and even FTP passwords."
Re:Oh no (Score:4, Informative)
I don't know if you honestly expect Microsoft to add useful features to IE, but at least with Firefox that's what addons are for [mozilla.org].
Re:It's RUSSIA you fucking DWEEB !!!! (Score:2, Informative)
> Eastern Europe? What the fuck is this "Eastern Europe"? Have you ever been to the "Western Europe?" You are one fucking asshole, dweeb !!
Uh.. I'm in the UK, which is in Western Europe. This botnet is believed to be operated from the Ukraine, amongst other places, and Ukraine is in Eastern Europe. Got it now?
Re:Time to go back to phone banking (Score:1, Informative)
The nice grandparent poster referred to the fake ATM as an example of the kind of thing that the Russian Mafia does, and implied that they might set up a fake branch office next. I believe it was a humorous exaggeration.
Re:I predicted this (Score:3, Informative)
You do realise this isn't the first incidence? Botnets have been installing key loggers and stealing sensitive data for years now. Credit card numbers harvested thus sell for a few dollars/thousand.