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Something Old is New Again: Mac RATs, Crime Packs, Sunspots & ZeuS Leaks

Summary: Krebs on Security examined several forwarded headlines and found the threats were largely old ones repackaged: the source code for ZeuS version 2.0.8.9 had leaked online, a copy of which once sold for at least $10,000, and a recent CrimePack exploit kit leak was a version whose PDF exploit component the author said was broken. The post also covered IncognitoRAT, a Java-based remote administration tool sold on HackForums.net that runs on Linux, Mac and Windows and ships with an app for controlling infected systems from a jailbroken iPhone, and Trusteer's "Sunspot" malware, which other researchers identified as an evolved version of the older Nethell/Limbo/Ambler bot.

What you should know: ZeusTracker curator Roman Hüssy said he saw no significant increase in new ZeuS command-and-control networks after the leak, and Krebs noted that inexpensive underground services already sold individual ZeuS binaries with bulletproof hosting - so the barrier to a botnet was low before the source code was ever public.

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