Neowin News Feed for: Zeus

Fight of the Gods pits Jesus and Buddha in mortal combat

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:16:01 +0000

Steam is a treasure trove of games that can delight every type of gamer, especially those that may want to see Jesus fight against Buddha, Mortal Kombat-style. Yes, seriously, that is a game. Read more...

Social media "likes" are big business for virus writers

Christopher White — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Which is more valuable to criminals: Your credit card number, or lots of "likes" on Facebook? The answer may surprise you, as cyber criminals are now writing malware to interact with social media. Read more...

Microsoft to keep control of two Zeus botnets for two years

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:28:42 +0000

A federal court has granted Microsoft's request to keep control of two Zeus malware-based botnets for the next two year while the company works to clean the PCs infected with the malware. Read more...

Microsoft names two defendants in Zeus botnet case

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:10:03 +0000

Microsoft said this week it has named two defendants in its efforts to shut down the Zeus botnet and that it will be sending its evidence over to the FBI for review. Read more...

Google subpoenaed in Microsoft Zeus botnet case

John Callaham — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:43:29 +0000

A new report claims that Google has been issued a subpoena in the ongoing Zeus botnet case by Microsoft and is asking a number of people with Google accounts to turn over documents. Read more...

Microsoft goes after Zeus botnet operations

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:14:48 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its Digital Crimes Unit has participated in a raid of a criminal botnet earlier this month that installed variants of the Zeus malware. Read more...

Online banking danger increases with new Zeus/SpyEye release

Christopher White — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:47:39 +0000

After ZeuS and SpyEye were rumored to have merged, many security professionals were concerned that advanced online banking malware would hit the scene sometime soon. According to Yahoo News, it appears that time may be... Read more...

AMD bags VIA, Zeus as server supporters

Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:36:22 +0000

Two more companies today signed up to the AMD standards camp, with Zeus, the Internet server OS, tipping up to write 64-bit extensions for Opteron, and VIA enlisting for the HyperTransport protocol brigade. ... Read more...