Sunday, June 03, 2012

Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Users Hit by Zeus Debit Card Scam

Researchers at Trusteer uncovered a version of the notorious Zeus Trojan being used to steal financial data in a series of scams targeting Facebook, Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo.

A malware campaign targeting Facebook, Google Mail, Hotmail and Yahoo user debit card data has been linked to the infamous Zeus Trojan.

Zeus is one of the most prevalent pieces of financial malware on the Web. During the past several years, Zeus variants have been linked to major criminal operations around the globe, including one that prompted the FBI to issue a warning in January. In that case, a variant known as Gameover was observed stealing password and user name information for financial institutions.

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