In a joint exertion by a few law requirement offices from 6 unique nations, authorities have disassembled a worldwide cybercrime organize behind GozNym banking malware.
GozNym banking malware is responsible for stealing nearly $100 million from over 41,000 victims across the World mainly in the United States and Europe for many years
GozNym was created by combining two known powerful Trojans — Gozi ISFB malware, a banking Trojan that first appeared in 2012 and Nymaim, a Trojan downloader that can also function as ransomware.
Europol said the operation was successfully done with the support from Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and the United States.
The United States has charged ten members of the GozNym criminal network and 5 of which were arrested during several coordinated searches conducted in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.Rest of the five defendants reside in Russia including one who developed the GozNym malware and give it to other cybercriminals by advertising it on underground,different online criminal forums.
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