This is due, says Kaspersky, mainly to the ease with which the trojans in the ZeuS family can be configured to steal online data.
According to the report, a number of additional viruses have been appearing which are used to help grow the ZeuS botnet.
Virus.Win32.Murofet, for example, which was detected in early October, generates domain names that link to downloadable and executable ZeuS files, notes the study.
More: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/13790/zeus-malware-dominates-october-malware-landscape
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According to the report, a number of additional viruses have been appearing which are used to help grow the ZeuS botnet.
Virus.Win32.Murofet, for example, which was detected in early October, generates domain names that link to downloadable and executable ZeuS files, notes the study.
More: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/13790/zeus-malware-dominates-october-malware-landscape
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