New Trojan could create headaches for banks, customers

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.csoonline.com/article/736849/new-trojan-could-create-headaches-for-banks-customers

By John P. Mello, Jr.
CSO Online
July 24, 2013

With the major developers of banking malware laying low, a new crook on 
the block has emerged gunning to be top dog in the market.

The developer's new malware is called KINS, and he's selling it for $5,000 
a pop, although that price is likely to climb if the malware is a good as 
he brags it is.

"[KINS is] a new professional-grade banking Trojan that is very likely 
taking its first steps in the cybercrime underground and could be poised 
to infect new victims as quickly and effectively as its Zeus, SpyEye and 
Citadel predecessors," Limor Kessem, a cybercrime specialist with RSA, the 
security division of EMC, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday.

The Trojan is entering the market at an opportune time, as developers of 
such major banking malware have either retired, gone into hiding or 
otherwise removed their skills from the open market.

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