From ZeuS to zitmo: Trends in banking malware

Najla Etaher; George R.S. Weir; Mamoun Alazab

doi:10.1109/Trustcom.2015.535

From ZeuS to zitmo: Trends in banking malware

Najla Etaher, George R.S. Weir, Mamoun Alazab

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Abstract

In the crimeware world, financial botnets are a global threat to banking organizations. Such malware purposely performs financial fraud and steals critical information from clients' computers. A common example of banking malware is the ZeuS botnet. Recently, variants of this malware have targeted mobile platforms, as The-ZeuS-in-the-Mobile or Zitmo. With the rise in mobile systems, platform security is becoming a major concern across the mobile world, with rising incidence of compromising Android devices. In similar vein, there have been mobile botnet attacks on iPhones, Blackberry and Symbian devices. In this setting, we report on trends and developments of ZeuS and its variants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015
Place of Publication	Helsinki; Finland
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1386-1391
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467379519
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/Trustcom.2015.535
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2015
Event	14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015 - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 20 Aug 2015 → 22 Aug 2015

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Conference	14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	20/08/15 → 22/08/15

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Etaher, N, Weir, GRS & Alazab, M 2015, From ZeuS to zitmo: Trends in banking malware. in Proceedings - 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015. vol. 1, 15635698, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Helsinki; Finland, pp. 1386-1391, 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015, Helsinki, Finland, 20/08/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/Trustcom.2015.535

From ZeuS to zitmo: Trends in banking malware. / Etaher, Najla; Weir, George R.S.; Alazab, Mamoun.
Proceedings - 14th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2015. Vol. 1 Helsinki; Finland: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. p. 1386-1391 15635698.

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