Robert McMillan and Grant Gross report: Ukrainian police on Thursday arrested five people thought to be the brains behind a scam using the Zeus Trojan to siphon money from small businesses in the U.S. The operation is part of an ongoing effort to take down a criminal empire that stole $70 million from victims’ bank…
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Zeus Trojan bust reveals sophisticated ‘money mules’ operation in U.S.
Jaikumar Vijayan provides some interesting details on yesterday’s indictments over on Computerworld. Jai reports: All of the individuals charged in the U.S. so far are from Russia and East European countries and were either money mules who helped transfer stolen money out of the U.S., or individuals who managed or recruited them. Most of those charged…
37 Charged in Global Bank Fraud Schemes that Used “Zeus Trojan” and Other Malware to Steal Millions of Dollars from U.S. Bank Accounts
Charges have been filed in New York against 37 defendants, in 21 separate cases, for their roles in global bank fraud schemes that allegedly used hundreds of false-name bank accounts to steal over $3 million from dozens of U.S. accounts that were compromised by malware attacks. According to Complaints unsealed today in Manhattan federal court,…
UK: Police quiz 19 over £6m Zeus-related online banking fraud
Hi-tech crime police were today questioning 19 people suspected of orchestrating a multimillion-pound attack on British bank accounts. Up to £6 million has been taken from online accounts in just three months by a gang of computer hackers. They used a virus known as “zeus” to infect computers and capture the passwords and other sensitive…
Lessons From A Security Breach
Ed Sperling writes: In late July Kern Medical Center’s information system came to a grinding halt. The hospital believed it had the standard security systems in place to protect its medical records. But for 16 long days that stretched into August, the hospital struggled to get its systems operational and isolate the problem from its…
Computer programmer convicted of unleashing virus, attacking media outlets
A computer programmer was convicted yesterday of launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that republished stories that mentioned him, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced yesterday. The jury returned a guilty verdict against Bruce Raisley, 49, of Kansas City, Mo. – formerly…