Is Rock Phish cybergang set for a comeback?
September 8, 2008 by Shanmuga
Filed under Botnets, Recommended Reads
"”Rock Phish is making an investment in their own infrastructure by upgrading their botnet,” says Sean Brady, product marketing manager at RSA. RSA, whose FraudAction Research Lab has posted a blog item on the topic, says the end result could be a surge in phishing attacks in the near future.
RSA claims Rock Phish, which introduced the Zeus (a.k.a. WSNPOEM) Trojan last April, has been making changes to its Command & Control Server by linking it with the so-called Asprox botnet. Brady says the Asprox botnet "is a more advanced fast-flux network" for propagating phishing attacks. " - Content courtesy of Is Rock Phish cybergang set for a comeback?
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