Russian Attack Botnet Now Used for Domestic Financial Crimes

Russian botnets are commonly used by cyber criminals to target victims in predominately Western nations, such as the U.S., Germany, France and UK. However, Joe Stewart, a researcher with SecureWorks, has found that a Russian botnet is now being used to target domestic financial institutions using a plug-in that does not require the hacker to write new source code.

The botnet, termed BlackEnergy 2 by Stewart, was used…