Researchers with HCL Technologies, a contractor performing security research for CA, spotted the password stealer Zeus (Zbot) using a hacked server on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) services to run a botnet command and control center.
The hacked website was contacted and the Zeus malware removed.
CA Security Advisor Research Blog:
http://community.ca.com/blogs/securityadvisor/archive/2009/12/09/zeus-in-the-cloud.aspx
Hat tip: Sunbelt Blog
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