Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords
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| Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords | |
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| Botnet | |
| Malware | Ramnit |
| Botnet/malware group | |
| Exploit kits | |
| Services | |
| Feature | |
| Distribution vector | |
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| Origin | |
| Campaign | |
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| Vulnerability | |
| CCProtocol | |
| Date | 2012 / |
| Editor/Conference | Arstechnica |
| Link | http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/part-virus-part-botnet-spreading-fast-ramnit-moves-past-facebook-passwords.ars (Archive copy) |
| Author | Sean Gallagher |
| Type | |
Abstract
“ The latest variant of Ramnit, the Windows malware responsible for the recent theft of at least 45,000 Facebook logins, is the latest example of how malware writers and cyber-criminals take "off-the-shelf" hacks and bolt them together to teach old viruses new tricks. Facebook passwords aren't the only thing that the Ramnit virus can grab—thanks to the integration of some of the code from the ZeuS botnet trojan, Ramnit can now be customized with modules for all manners of remote-controlled mayhem.
Bibtex
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editor = {Arstechnica},
author = {Sean Gallagher},
title = {Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords},
date = {25},
month = Apr,
year = {2012},
howpublished = {\url{http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/part-virus-part-botnet-spreading-fast-ramnit-moves-past-facebook-passwords.ars}},
}