Jeremy Kirk reports:
Researchers at AVG have uncovered a botnet that has been harvesting personal information and uses the latest version of the Zeus code, underscoring the widespread use of the sophisticated malware.
Dubbed the Mumba botnet, the campaign infected more than 35,000 computers when it started at the end of April, according to a white paper released by AVG.
The botnet has now collected at least 60GB of information from some 55,000 computers, half of which are in the U.K. and Germany, according to an analysis of a server used to collect the data, which included credit card numbers, e-mail, login and password information for social-networking sites and bank account details.
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