[ISN] ZeuS cybercrime cookbook on sale in underground forums

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:36:20 -0600 (CST)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/23/zeus_source_code_sale/

By John Leyden
The Register
23rd March 2011 

Cybercrooks are offering what purports to be source code for the 
infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit though underground forums.

The would-be seller, nicknamed IOO, has lent credibility to the offer by 
including screenshots of what appears to be portions of the source code 
for ZeuS to his sales pitch. IOO offers to discuss the sale to 
prospective buyers via either Jabber or ICQ. He is prepared to accept 
payment via any escrow service.

The screenshots make reference to peinfector.cpp, a project of ZeuS 
known as "Murofet". Security researchers - while unable to verify the 
sale is genuine - are taking the potential offer seriously.

"Prior to this there were several rumors that the Zeus/Zbot code was 
sold to the creator of SpyEye," writes Peter Kruse, an eCrime specialist 
who works for Danish security consultancy CSIS Security.

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