Zeus 3 attack steals £675,000 from UK bank
Hackers have hit a UK bank with a Zeus version 3 Trojan, compromising around 3,000 customer accounts and taking £675,000 between 5 July and 6 August.
They combined the Zeus malware with exploit toolkits to remain undetected by anti-fraud systems, M86 Security Labs has discovered. Once the victim’s system had been infected and they entered their online banking service, Zeus v3 was able to initiate transfers from user accounts to the criminal masterminds.
Money mules were used to support the operation, as legitimate bank account holders were duped into becoming unsuspecting middlemen, helping transfer funds for the cyber criminals.
