New crimeware attacks LatAm bank users

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New crimeware attacks LatAm bank users
Botnet	PiceBOT, VOlk, S.A.P.Z.
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2013 / 2013-02-01
Editor/Conference	Kaspersky lab
Link	http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208194103/New crimeware attacks LatAm bank users (Archive copy)
Author	Jorge Mieres
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ Following in the wake of the vOlk (Mexico) and S.A.P.Z. (Peru) botnets comes PiceBOT, a newbie to the Latin American cybercrime scene. The cost on the black market is currently around $140.

Like other crimeware of its kind, its main purpose is the distribution of malware that steals financial information through local pharming attacks (arbitrary modification of a hosts file). Despite its recent onset (less than a month) it has already been adopted by Latin American cybercriminals to target clients of major banks. So far we have recorded phishing attacks generated and managed through this botnet in Chile, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Argentina.

Bibtex

 @misc{2013BFR1327,
   editor = {Kaspersky lab},
   author = {Jorge Mieres},
   title = {New crimeware attacks LatAm bank users},
   date = {01},
   month = Feb,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208194103/New_crimeware_attacks_LatAm_bank_users}},
 }