It looks as though members of the LinkedIn business social network are being targeted by a recoded version of Zeus. According to in-browser security specialist Trusteer, the new Zeus variant appears to be the brainchild of a group of Russian cybercriminals.
Infosecurity.Com - Mickey Boodaei, Trusteer's CEO, notes LinkedIn now has more than 90 million members, many of which are business users. This, he says, makes LinkedIn an ideal platform for cybercriminals to attack enterprise networks."Through LinkedIn, cybercriminals can build a profile of targeted enterprises. They can locate key people within the enterprise and target them with spam emails that would eventually place malware on their computer or steal their log-in credentials to email and other sensitive systems. Sounds unlikely? Well, think again", he says in his latest security blog.
"In the last couple of days, Trusteer have witnessed a malware campaign that targets LinkedIn users. It starts with a simple connect request sent to the victim's mailbox", he adds.
Boodaei goes on to say that the fake LinkedIn request is very similar to the legitimate ones. Read More
