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The source code for a new banking Trojan

The source code for a new banking Trojan dubbed Nuclear Bot was leaked online, experts speculate a rapid diffusion of the threat in the wild . The source code for a new banking Trojan, dubbed Nuclear Bot, is available for sale in the cyber criminal   underground.The Nuclear Bot banking Trojan first appeared in the cybercrime forums in early December when it was offered for $2,500. The malicious code implements features commonly seen in banking Trojans, it is able to inject code in Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome browsers and steal sentitive data provided by the users. “In early December 2016, IBM X-Force researchers noticed the emergence of a new banking malware advertised for sale in a few underground boards.” reads a blogspot published by IBM researchers who are following the evolution of the threat. “The malware’s vendor, who went by the online moniker Gosya, was a Russian-speaking member who introduced himself as the developer of Nu...