Dridex Banking Trojan Will Soon Target Crypto-Currency Wallets

  • 7 September 2016
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This is probably and obvious progression of things for trojans to target crypto currency's now and it had to happen sooner rather than later.
 

Recent Dridex versions attempt to blacklist computer configurations regularly used by security researchers

 
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Sep 7, 2016 09:30 GMT  ·  By Catalin Cimpanu Future versions of the infamous and highly dangerous Dridex banking trojan will soon be able to steal credentials for several crypto-currency wallets, according to clues found in recent Dridex samples.
 
Dridex, also known as Bugat and Cridex, is the moniker of a banking trojan and the name of its botnet (infected devices) used to commit other types of illegal activities, such as sending spam.
 
The criminal group behind it, a true cyber-crime syndicate, has people working around the clock updating Dridex's source code with new features and new methods meant to help the trojan avoid getting flagged by security software.
 
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Agreed, JAsper...it was only a matter of time before the miscreants got wise and decided to stage a riposte. :(

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