First Zbot Related Arrests Made in Europe
The New Scotland Yard announces that a male and a female suspected of using the Zbot trojan to perform bank fraud were arrested in Manchester earlier this month. The two are the first individuals known to be arrested in Europe for distributing the notorious computer trojan.The bust was coordinated by officers from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Service, who were assisted by their colleagues from Greater Manchester. The suspects, whose names or nationality have not yet been unveiled, are both 20 years old and were arrested for offenses under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act and the 2006 Fraud Act.The Zeus bot, or Zbot, is a computer trojan designed to steal bank account information. Most recent versions of this malware are also capable of initiating and hiding fraudulent transactions while the victim is logged in into their online banking account.Little information is currently known about the trojan's original creators and maintainers, but customized versions of the malware are being sold on the black market to other cybercriminals. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that there are multiple gangs distributing and using this malware to perform bank fraud, at any given time.'The ZeuS Trojan is a piece of malware used increasingly b...
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