Although Russian authorities have not made an announcement, the November 2015 raid on the offices of 25th Floor, a Moscow film distribution company, activity from the Dyre banking trojan botnet almost stopped altogether.



The Dyre banking trojan, according to data provided by IBM's X-Force security team, has a market share of 25%. Dyre works by injecting content in the users' browsers. Once established, it sets up a local proxy through which criminals record and steal Web and banking credentials.

Dell's SecureWorks security team estimates that Dyre can target 400 financial institutions and has stolen tens of millions of dollars since its launch.

This is the first time that Russian authorities have taken an interest in cybercriminals working outside of the country. They were assisted by the Russian security firm of Kaspersky.

Source: SoftPedia