Russian Police Apprehend "Cron" Gang Behind Tiny.z and PonyForx Malware

  • 23 May 2017
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23rd May 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu
 
                                     


 
Russian authorities have arrested the Cron malware gang, responsible for selling the Tiny.z Android banking trojan and the PonyForx Windows infostealer.
 
The investigation was of massive proportions and authorities arrested over 16 individuals in six different Russian regions between November 2016 and April 2017.
 
Details about the arrest became public yesterday via a statement from https://%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B4.%D1%80%D1%84/news/item/10304447/ and Group-IB, a cyber-security firm based in Russia, which helped during the investigation.
 
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Good news...gald to see that the Putinites are trying to uphold their end of things. ;)

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