Pony Botnet attacks the Interwebz, stealz all your monies!

[Melgarh]

REUTERS repost / Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/2...JO20140224

(Reuters) - Cyber criminals have infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a virus called "Pony" to steal bitcoins and other digital currencies, in the most ambitious cyber attack on virtual money uncovered so far, according to security firm Trustwave.

- Cons are expensive.. yeah

Trustwave said it believes the crime ring is still operating, though it does not know who is running the group. The company said it has disrupted the servers that were controlling machines infected with Pony, but expects the group to launch more attacks on virtual currency users.

- Fausticorn?

Trustwave in December uncovered a trove of some 2 million stolen passwords to websites including Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Twitter Inc and Yahoo Inc while probing a command and control server using a less sophisticated version of the Pony malware.

- SweetieBot 1.0, testing in progress!

Trustwave said on Monday that the new version of Pony compromised another 600,000 website credentials.

ALL YOUR PONIES ARE BELONG TO US!