A financial-fraud botnet built with the same malware kit used in the now-defunct Mariposa botnet remains active. The botnet has hit businesses and individuals across 172 or more countries, including the U.S., Russia, Brazil, China, Great Britain, India, and Iran. The two men allegedly used the so-called “EvilFistSquad botnet to steal several hundred thousand dollars from victims’ bank accounts around the world. The new Metulji botnet uses the Butterfly Bot Kit, a.k.a.k., the malware that was used by the Mar.u.s. botnet.”]