Friday, November 25, 2011

Zeus: King of Crimeware toolkits


This youtube video from Symantec Security Responseexplains the use of 'Zeus' crimeware toolkit by botnets to infect computers and control them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzdBCDPETxk&feature=player_embedded#!


The Zeus Trojan family variants are:
Trojan.Wsnpoem
Infostealer.Banker.C
Packed.Generic.232

The toolkits are used to create the trojans.

Various attack methods are explained:
-drive by download and browser-based iframe attack
-malicious URLs in phishing emails
-malicious attachments.
-web injection for stealing credentials or credit cards

Obfuscation techniques are also indicated.

The botnet command & control server's control panel is also demonstrated.

Further details from:
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zeus-king-underground-crimeware-toolkits
(Peter Coogan's blog)

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