Posté par: igor51 le mars 08, 2013, 20:24:28
After the recent emergence of the criminal PiceBOT in Latin America, AlbaBotnet has joined the growing ranks of regional IT crime. It revolves around online pharming, with a view to delivering targeted phishing attacks which steal information from the online accounts of two major Chilean banks.
According to the data we have processed, this campaign is part of a trial stage of this botnet: up to now there has been no monetization of AlbaBotnet. We do know that the author of this threat began testing it in early 2012.
The botnet appears to have a similar structure to its Latin American counterparts. As well as the default automated malware builder, it includes a package which automatically sends emails. Thus, the botmaster can customize infection campaigns through the classic mechanisms of visual social engineering:
Source: AlbaBotnet, another new crime wave in Latin American cyberspace (http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208194134/AlbaBotnet_another_new_crime_wave_in_Latin_American_cyberspace)