A cybercriminal is using Facebook as a medium to sell his malware and related services forsaking the usual channel of the online underworld.
RSA researchers recently discovered on the popular social network what appeared to be an Indonesian-speaking malware developer selling a customised botnet control panel programmed to work with the Zeus banking Trojan. First released in 2007, Zeus is a highly effective malware used to steal online banking and e-commerce credentials from an infected computer.
Most developers and botnet owners will sell their malware and services on invitation only forums frequented by cybercriminals . In this case, the developer and his team are apparently looking for people who don’t have the technical chops to participate in the forums, but are looking for an easy way to get started in the lucrative business of cybercrime, RSA said.. Read the remainder of this entry »
