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Joint efforts by law-enforcement agencies in the US and UK have crippled an eastern European gang behind the bank credential-stealing botnet known as Dridex. . On Tuesday, the FBI announced charges against Andrey Ghinkul, the alleged administrator of the Dridex botnet - also known as Bugat or Cridex - and revealed that it is seeking his extradition from Cyprus, where he was arrested in late August. . Cybercriminals face justice as US-UK coalition indicts Dridex mastermind Andrey Ghinkul, effectively dismantling major online fraud operations.. Dridex Botnet,Banking Malware,Cybercrime Network,Law Enforcement,Credential Theft. . Dave Wreski
Individuals in Ukraine were arrested by European law enforcement last week in a joint operation that targeted members of a group suspected of developing, distributing and using Zeus and SpyEye banking malware. . Authorities apprehended five people considered to be high-level cybercriminals, raided eight houses in four cities, and seized computer equipment and electronic devices for forensic analysis. The link for this article located at Softpedia is no longer available. . Authorities apprehended five people considered to be high-level cybercriminals, raided eight houses . individuals, ukraine, arrested, european, enforcement, joint, operation. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Security researchers have come across a new rootkit that is designed specifically to infect 64-bit Windows systems and steal users' online banking credentials. It's believed to be the first piece of malware of its kind that is capable of compromising x64 systems.. The new rootkit is being used by attackers in Brazil as part of drive-by download attacks and is then used to steal banking credentials after the infection. The malware has the ability to change some of the boot configurations of infected machines and then aims to redirect users to phishing sites. The new rootkit can infect machines running either 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows. The drive-by download is accomplished by using a malicious Java applet that is targeted at older versions of the Java Runtime Environment. The applet includes a number of files that each have different jobs to do once they're on an infected PC, including one that disables the Windows User Account Control mechanism. The link for this article located at ThreatPost is no longer available. . The new rootkit is being used by attackers in Brazil as part of drive-by download attacks and is the. security, researchers, across, rootkit, designed, specifically, infect, 64-bit. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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