Botnet threatens iPhone buyers

The launch of iPhone is being exploited by cyber-crooks for financial gain. A tool that controls a botnet made up of over 7,500 zombie computers infected by the Aifone.A bot Trojan has been discovered. If the user of an infected PC tries to buy an iPhone online, their confidential data might end up in the hands of cyber-criminals.

The tool uncovered by PandaLabs has a series of features that allow cyber-crooks to take users of infected computers to a false page that appears to be the iPhone official page. As a result, if the user tries to buy the phone from the spoof page, they will actually be giving their bank details to cyber-criminals.

One of the tabs in the tool, called REDIRECTS ADMIN, allows criminals to specify the web pages that the bot must redirect and
where they must be redirected to. In this case, the tool sends users that want to visit the iPhone official pages to a false web page.

Another tab, SEARCH REDIR, is used to specify the results that the Trojan must display when the infected user performs an Internet search and where they should be redirected to when they click any of the links. Obviously, this will be the false page.

In section INJECTS ADMIN it is possible to indicate the links that the Aifone. A Trojan must modify. As a consequence, if the user
visits a web page that contains a link to a page dealing with iPhone, they will also be redirected to the false page.

Other tabs, POPUPS ADMIN and BANNERS ADMIN, allow cyber-crooks to display pop-ups and banners with advertising about
iPhone on the infected computer. This aims at enticing users to visit the spoofed web page and buy the phone from it.

If you think your computer might have been infected by this malware,
scan it for free at Panda’s www.infectedornot.com.