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Gameover P2P

aka GOZ · Gameover ZeuS · Mapp · ZeuS P2P

Gameover ZeuS is a peer-to-peer botnet based on components from the earlier ZeuS trojan.

Gameover ZeuS is a peer-to-peer botnet based on components from the earlier ZeuS trojan. According to a report by Symantec, Gameover Zeus has largely been used for banking fraud and distribution of the CryptoLocker ransomware. In early June 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that an international inter-agency collaboration named Operation Tovar had succeeded in temporarily cutting communication between Gameover ZeuS and its command and control servers.


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