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The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts. Continue reading Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware
A Russian man who helped create a hacking tool capable of extracting funds from victims’ bank accounts will spend four years behind bars, a punishment that fell short of the five years for which federal prosecutors had asked. A judge in the U.S. Southern District of New York handed down the 48-month prison sentence, including time served, to Stanislav Lisov for his role in deploying the NeverQuest malware. Lisov admitted he profited $885,000 from NeverQuest, while government investigators said the hacking technique had been used to try to steal a total of $4.4 million from international banks. Five years would have been the maximum allowed under the terms of a plea deal Lisov struck with the Department of Justice early this year. “He is happy,” Lisov’s attorney, Arkady Bukh, told CyberScoop, calling the sentence a “great victory.” NeverQuest quickly became a favorite hacking tool for financial scammers after its debut in 2013. Thieves […]
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Arrested as he returned his rental car at Barcelona’s airport, a 33-year-old Russian faces up to five years in jail after admitting to being the mastermind behind the sophisticated NeverQuest banking trojan.
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Stanislav Lisov, a Russian hacker accused of creating banking malware used to steal $885,000, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit computer hacking in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York Friday. Lisov created the NeverQuest banking malware that was used against hundreds of financial institutions. It once was the third-most popular malware online, according to Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab. Lisov was facing 35 years in prison when he was extradited to the U.S. from Spain after being apprehended in Barcelona in 2017. Lisov faces a maximum of five years in prison under the terms of his plea deal, according to his lawyer. “My client spent over a year in jail in Barcelona, Spain while in extradition,” lawyer Arkady Bukh said in a statement. “[It] then took over a year here in the United States to negotiate this plea.” Lisov was one of a number of […]
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Gozi took a larger slice of the financial malware pie and become the most active banking Trojan in 2017, according to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018.
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As security tools improve, malicious actors are increasingly operating as organized cybergangs and less sophisticated actors are falling behind, according to X-Force analysis of malware trends.
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Amid a period of targetless activity, IBM X-Force researchers are wondering where the operators behind the Zeus Sphinx Trojan are planning to strike next.
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IBM X-Force researchers recently observed a massive drop in Neverquest malware campaigns. Is it the end of an era for this Trojan?
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Developers behind Neverquest have had a busy summer adding new features to the potent Trojan. Continue reading Neverquest Trojan Gets Big Summer Update
Attackers behind the banking Trojan Vawtrak fortified it with a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and SSL pinning capabilities.
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