Zeus Crimeware Kit Source Code Leaked

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:35AM from the yeah-sorry-bout-that dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "The source code to the infamous Zeus crimeware kit, which has been sold on underground forums for years, has been leaked and is now available for anyone to see if they know where to look. Security researchers over the weekend noticed that files appearing to contain the source code for the Zeus crimeware kit were starting to pop up on various forums frequented by attackers and cyber-criminals. The Zeus exploit kit is perhaps the most well-known kit of its kind right now, and has been used by a variety of attackers for numerous malware campaigns and targeted attacks."

Zeus Crimeware Kit Source Code Leaked

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Re:Both good and bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

by x*yy*x ( 2058140 ) writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:51AM (#36093188)

But isn't open source a good thing? Now everyone can improve it and so on..

Cool, now maybe we can get a Linux port (Score:5, Funny)

by halfdan the black ( 638018 ) writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:52AM (#36093200)

Why do Windows users get all kinds of great software like this, now with the source, maybe we can finally get some really great malware for Linux.

PWS-Zbot.gen.ds trojan detected (Score:5, Funny)

by doperative ( 1958782 ) writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:01AM (#36093298)

Says "PWS-Zbot.gen.ds trojan detected" here ...

Re:PWS-Zbot.gen.ds trojan detected (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:08AM (#36093392)

Duh.

Re:Success! (Score:5, Funny)

by rednip ( 186217 ) writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:12AM (#36093450) Journal

But it's not open source, it's pirated code. The copyright holders should sue!

Re:Both good and bad news... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:28AM (#36094380)

My company is on it...after a year through our processes, zeus will be so broken and useless no one will want to use it.

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Re:Both good and bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

Cool, now maybe we can get a Linux port (Score:5, Funny)

PWS-Zbot.gen.ds trojan detected (Score:5, Funny)

Re:PWS-Zbot.gen.ds trojan detected (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Success! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Both good and bad news... (Score:2, Funny)

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