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August 13, 2010

Trusteer Finds Massive Zeus Botnet of U.K. PCs

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By Brian Prince, eWeek

Researchers at Trusteer have uncovered a large botnet of 100,000 computers built using a variant of the Zeus malware. Almost all of the infected bots are in the United Kingdom, according to Trusteer. After infecting the computers with Zeus 2, the botnet pilfered all kinds of user data, ranging from log-in information for banks to credit and debit card numbers and browser cookies.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Trusteer-Finds-Massive-Zeus-Botnet-of-UK-PCs-721790/?kc=rss

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