Amazon used to spread bank-stealing trojan
Criminals for the past several weeks have been exploiting Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud offering to spread SpyEye malware.
Amazon S3, a paid web service that enables users to store data or files in the cloud, has been heavily abused this month, according to Kaspersky Lab malware analyst Jorge Mieres.
SpyEye is an online banking trojan designed to steal money from victims' bank accounts. The malware is capable of evading sophisticated anti-fraud systems put in place by financial institutions. Amazon S3 was included in domain names that distribute SpyEye which added legitimacy to the attacks, Mieres said. Users may not suspect they are being duped by attackers when stumbling to one of the nefarious sites.
