Police Trojan crosses the Atlantic, now targets USA and Canada

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Police Trojan crosses the Atlantic, now targets USA and Canada
Botnet	Silent Winlocker, Goldenbaks
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2012 / 2012-05-09
Editor/Conference	TrendMicro
Link	http://blog.trendmicro.com/police-trojan-crosses-the-atlantic-now-targets-usa-and-canada/ (Archive copy)
Author	David Sancho
Type

Abstract

“ The Police Trojan has been targeting European users for about a year. It should come as no surprise that the latest incarnations of this obnoxious malware have started targeting the United States and Canada.

In the latest batch of C&C servers we have analyzed, not only has the list of countries increased but also their targets are now more specific. For instance, UKash vouchers are not available in the U.S., thus the U.S. fake police notification that spoofs the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, only mentions PaySafeCard as the accepted payment method. The criminals also took the time in adding plenty of logos of local supermarkets and chain stores where the cash vouchers are available.

Bibtex

 @misc{Sancho2012BFR1004,
   editor = {TrendMicro},
   author = {David Sancho},
   title = {Police Trojan crosses the Atlantic, now targets USA and Canada},
   date = {09},
   month = May,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://blog.trendmicro.com/police-trojan-crosses-the-atlantic-now-targets-usa-and-canada/}},
 }