Security researchers have uncovered the command and control network of a.Zeus 2 botnet sub-system targeted at UK surfers that controlled an estimated 100,000 computers. Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. Researchers at Recorded Future report a rise in cracked Cobalt Strike and other open-source adversarial tools with easy-to-use interfaces. Read the full article in this article by Threatpost ve added that researchers lack confidence in organizations’ defenses against looming Russian.
Source: https://threatpost.com/100k-pc-strong-zeus-botnet-disrupted-080410/74293/