different countries, officials have dismantled a major cybercrime
network behind GozNym banking malware.
GozNym banking malware is responsible for stealing nearly $100
million from over 41,000 victims across the globe for
years.
GozNym was created by combining two known powerful Trojans—Gozi
ISFB malware, a banking Trojan that first appeared in 2012 and
Nymaim, a Trojan downloader that can also function as ransomware.
In a press
conference[1] held on Thursday,
Europol said the operation was successfully conducted with the
cooperation between Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine,
and the United States.
The United States has charged ten members of the GozNym criminal
network who were arrested during several coordinated searches
conducted in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The members of the group infected victims’ computers with GozNym
malware and captured their online banking login credentials, using
which they fraudulently stole money and then launder funds using
the U.S. and foreign bank accounts.
“The defendants advertised their specialized technical skills and
services on underground, Russian-speaking online criminal forums.
The GozNym network was formed when these individuals were recruited
from the online forums by the GozNym leader who controlled more
than 41 000 victim computers infected with GozNym malware,” the
Europol said.
“The leader of the GozNym criminal network, along with his
technical assistant, are being prosecuted in Georgia by the
Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of Georgia.”
updates.
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press conference
(www.europol.europa.eu)
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