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Gameover ZeuS


Hello, I have made a large edit to this article which used to be a stub and I want to know where it can be improved. The main things I am worried about are readability and whether or not various details should/shouldn't be in the article. Thank you in advance.

Eithersummer (talk) 08:29, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for your contribution. At first glance this looks interesting, well sourced, and well written. I will be continuing the review below by section. I think once these comments are addressed this should be submitted for GA nomination. Czarking0 (talk) 23:33, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Overview
Evgeniy Bogachev should have a stub page made.

Botnet structure
At the end I think it would be worth mentioning that some of the botnets where migrated from previous versions of Zues. Also this section should include the diagram from Andriesse et al which shows the network topology (Figure 1).

Security
Define what you mean by sensors in this section.

"The DGA generated one thousand domains every week and each bot would attempt to contact every domain; this meant that if the botnet's current C2 servers were in danger of being shut down, the botmasters could set up a new server using a domain in the generated list and re-establish control over the network" Is there a known case of this actually happening? That would be worth mentioning here.

Management
In this section I think the profit sharing agreement and fact that not all members had equal access is notable. . Potentially worth showing the depictions of the C2 GUI from.

Bank Theft
I like how Curtail is mentioned as the tool for distributing the malware. I think you should mention the use of Dirt Jumper for the DDos attacks. It was also not clear to me how the DDos aids the stealing of the funds until I read.

Should the map of where the funds ended from.

CryptoLocker
The massive difference in funds stolen makes me question the sources. Is it possible to clean this up? Maybe this is just a good way to be unbiased.

Overall looking good