Monday, July 11, 2016

The hidden link between the Angler EK drop and the Lurk gang

Experts from Talos team have found a link between the drop in the Angler Kit usage and the crackdown against the Lurk gang.

Security experts believe to have found a link between the drop in the Angler Kit usage and the crackdown against the Lurk gang.

Law enforcement arrested suspects in June, authorities accused them of stealing around $ 45 million USD from Russian financial institutions by using the Lurk banking trojan.

According to the Cisco Talos researchers, after the arrests of the individuals behind the Lurk banking trojan  it has been observed a rapid disappearance of the Angler EK in the wild.

Recently malware researchers observed a spike in the mali…
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The hidden link between the Angler EK drop and the Lurk gang




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