Zeus evolution: Geographical attack locations

Despite having been around for four years, Zeus continues to be a thorn in the side of the IT security industry and its business users, mainly because of its constantly evolving profile.

This evolving profile is driven in part by the ease with which black hat hackers can develop the malware for new and varied applications, according to Amit Klein, CTO of Trusteer.

Ongoing research confirms the evolution of Zeus, with a growing number of Web sites that host Zeus variants, as well as the rising volume of networks hosting Command & Control servers for the Zeus botnet swarms.