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Source code of notorious Banking Trojan Carberp leaked

Carberp is one of the notorious Banking trojan which is designed to steal online banking login details and other financial information from users.

The source code for the Carberp has reportedly been leaked.  A password-protected archive file containing the source code appeared to be published online few days ago.

However, at the time,  researchers are not able to confirm whether the leak is genuine or not.  Today, researchers confirmed the leak after the password was posted in one of the underground forum. 

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CSIS reports that they have downloaded a package that include "Carberp bootkit along with other source codes for what seems to be e.g. Stone bootkit, Citadel, Ursnif etc."

"By this leaks, malware will change drastically, we can expect a new merge lmalicious function, more sophisticate botnet, and unpredicted or unexpected vector of attack coming after this, like new variant of APT adopting these codes, or cred.stealer from Asia, or else.." MalwareMustDie Team told EHN.

Cybercriminals behind Carberp Trojan arrested in Ukraine


The masterminds allegedly behind one of the notorious banking Trojan Carberp that stoles millions of dollars and the developers have been arrested in Ukraine.

Carberp is a banking Trojan that first appeared in 2010 and started as a private malware used by a single group.  The gang in 2011 sold the malware's builder, a tool used to customize their Trojan program for $10,000 to a limited number of customers.

28-year-old Russian, the alleged leader of the group arrested along with about 20 individuals aged between 25 and 30 years old.

According to Kommersant Ukraine report, the cyber criminal ring is responsible for stealing more than $250 million in Ukraine and Russia alone.