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The Trojan in question has DDoS and Bitcoin-mining capabilities, but it's main function is to steal banking credentials.
The botnet operator spreads the malware via the Usenet discussion forum, which is also a popular platform for distributing pirated content. In order to hide its malicious nature, the file "weighs" 15MB, a great part of which is junk data.
The rest consists of a ZeuS bot, a Tor client for Windows, the CGMiner bitcoin mining tool, and a copy of a DLL file used by CGMiner for CPU and GPU hash cracking.
Read more, a MUST:
http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2357
The botnet operator spreads the malware via the Usenet discussion forum, which is also a popular platform for distributing pirated content. In order to hide its malicious nature, the file "weighs" 15MB, a great part of which is junk data.
The rest consists of a ZeuS bot, a Tor client for Windows, the CGMiner bitcoin mining tool, and a copy of a DLL file used by CGMiner for CPU and GPU hash cracking.
Read more, a MUST:
http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2357
