A banking Trojan, previously known as Citadel, appears to have returned, targeting and is now being dubbed Atmos. French bancks have been targeted in this latest round of attacks. Now dubbed Atmos, the The servers that are servicing the Trojan ﻿Atmos have been traced back to Canada, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the US, and Vietnam. Danish security company, Heimdal Security, has revealed that there are around 1,000 bots in the network, although with this number is ﻿expected to increase. According to a report by Kaspersky Lab, the malware was first spotted on June 7th at the time when it infected more than 200,000 computers worldwide. Citadel proved to be one of the most successful pieces of malware of all time, capable of stealing both money and personal data.
A banking Trojan, previously known as Citadel, appears to have returned, targeting and is now being dubbed Atmos. French bancks have been targeted in this latest round of attacks. Now dubbed Atmos, the The servers that are servicing the Trojan ﻿Atmos have been traced back to Canada, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the US, and Vietnam. Danish security company, Heimdal Security, has revealed that there are around 1,000 bots in the network, although with this number is ﻿expected to increase. Atmos is being delivered with TeslaCrypt, which features both unbreakable encryption and improved data-stealing capability. Citadel proved to be one of the most successful pieces of malware of all time, capable of stealing both money and personal data.