I'm absolutely shocked by this turn of events, I
thought that they were never going to catch anyone
connected with these trojans that are flitting
around.
UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests
Summary
The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan.
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The UK Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit made two arrests earlier this month for suspected use of the Zeus Trojan.
A man and a woman, both 20, were apprehended in Manchester on 3 November in Europe's first arrests with regard to Zeus, according to a Met Police statement on Wednesday.
A Met Police spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Thursday that a man and a woman had been arrested for suspected criminal distribution of the Trojan, which is also known as Zbot.
The two have not yet been formally charged, said the spokesperson, who added that they have been given police bail while the investigation continues.
For more, read "UK police make Zeus Trojan arrests " from ZDNet UK.
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You mean they actually took the time to track someone to
blame.
blame.
This is a good sign. Now we just have to find out if the punishment will be strong enough to deter everyone else from doing it.
Microsoft, Apple, et al, should be giving significant rewards to the people who track down these cyber-polluters. A huge reward should await anyone who tracks down the originators of the viruses.
If the industry put up a million dollar reward, there'd be an army of hackers doing their best to track down the scum.
They will also offer them a six figure income. While we continue to fight off their attacks and make 1/3 of that if we are lucky.
The Internet has been trashed and people are avoiding it like the plague. It is like walking through a minefield!
The Internet has been trashed and people are avoiding it like the plague. It is like walking through a minefield!
A lifetime ago, I'm talking multiple decades, long before the internet,
as a very young and stupid computer enthusiast badly in need of a
lesson about actions having consequences, I wrote a non-destructive
worm, which was widely reported on as a "virus". I was caught. While
my case didn't attract global attention, it certainly did appear in
regional and even some national media at the time.
Let me assure you, no job offers came rolling in. All I got were a
substantial fine and one federal felony charge which eventually didn't
come to trial only for unrelated and coincidental reasons. That's plus
the horrible eight-month ordeal of just dealing with the escalating
consequences, which were probably still less harsh than I deserved. It
was an awful experience, however much deserved, and ended up only
with me feeling lucky just not to be in jail. And I did something orders
of magnitude less severe than these people did.
If my experience was anything to go by, they're likely never to get
anything more positive out of having done this than months or years
of intense stress followed by a very long-term feeling of severe
regret, strong enough to keep them from ever causing any kind of
trouble again.
as a very young and stupid computer enthusiast badly in need of a
lesson about actions having consequences, I wrote a non-destructive
worm, which was widely reported on as a "virus". I was caught. While
my case didn't attract global attention, it certainly did appear in
regional and even some national media at the time.
Let me assure you, no job offers came rolling in. All I got were a
substantial fine and one federal felony charge which eventually didn't
come to trial only for unrelated and coincidental reasons. That's plus
the horrible eight-month ordeal of just dealing with the escalating
consequences, which were probably still less harsh than I deserved. It
was an awful experience, however much deserved, and ended up only
with me feeling lucky just not to be in jail. And I did something orders
of magnitude less severe than these people did.
If my experience was anything to go by, they're likely never to get
anything more positive out of having done this than months or years
of intense stress followed by a very long-term feeling of severe
regret, strong enough to keep them from ever causing any kind of
trouble again.
Haha. People that hack and get caught don't get job offers. No-one likes a hacker. In the USA there's a few old hackers that work for companies or freelance, but that's not the norm. I'm currently doing an I.T. Security course. You know how difficult it is to do research outside of uni? Where every program and script I use or make is illegal? Illegal meaning jail terms, fines, bans from computers, ASIO or the equivalent watching you for the rest of your life, etc, etc.
You don't get a six figure income by hacking a computer. You get a harsher punishment than most murderers. =P
You don't get a six figure income by hacking a computer. You get a harsher punishment than most murderers. =P
Zeus Trojan is certainly one of the deadliest Trojans to target the financial websites. It is learnt that Zeus Trojan has now acquired the capabilities to break into users? bank accounts in spite of two-factor authentication systems.
http://thepcsecurity.com/zeus-trojan-online-password-stealing-tool-getting-more-potent/
Be warned.
http://thepcsecurity.com/zeus-trojan-online-password-stealing-tool-getting-more-potent/
Be warned.
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