ZeuS-SpyEye Merger in Progress?

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ZeuS-SpyEye Merger in Progress?

Based on our underground research, we discovered that SpyEye’s development ground to a halt. One feature of SpyEye will be included in future versions of ZeuS to add features that are not part of the latter’s “core” functionality (e.g., more sophisticated information theft routines). SpyEye uses plug-ins that can be added after the main toolkit has been purchased. In contrast, ZeuS previously used modules that had to be included when the toolkit was sold. Newer ZeuS versions will use plug-ins, much like SpyEye currently does. If a cybercriminal wants to add a new feature to his existing SpyEye toolkit, all he has to do for SpyEye and future ZeuS versions is to purchase a new plug-in. This previously required ZeuS users to purchase a new version.

For now, however, SpyEye and ZeuS remain separate malware families.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/