Separately, the press in Norway writes about a 27-year-old Russian man identified only as “Mark” who was reportedly arrested in the Norwegian town of Fredrikstad at the request of the FBI. Dridex would first emerge in July 2014, a month after the Gameover Zeus botnet was dismantled. Justice Department joined multiple international law enforcement agencies and security firms in taking down the Business Club’s key asset: The Gameover ZeuS botnet, an ultra-sophisticated, global crime machine that infected upwards of a half-million PCs and was used in countless cyberheists. The Dridex gang is thought to have spun off from the “ Business Club,” an Eastern European organized cybercrime gang accused of stealing more than $100 million from banks and businesses worldwide. Sources close to the investigation say the man is a key figure in an organized crime gang responsible for developing and using a powerful banking Trojan known as “ Dridex” ( a.k.a. A story in the Cyprus Mail has few other details about the arrest, other than to say authorities believe the man was responsible for more than $3.5 million in bank fraud using a PC. authorities was arrested in Paphos - a coastal vacation spot in Cyprus where the accused was reportedly staying with his wife. Last week, a 30-year-old from Moldova who was wanted by U.S.

The arrests involved a Russian national and a Moldovan man, both of whom were traveling or residing outside of their native countries and are now facing extradition to the United States. Authorities in Europe have arrested alleged key players behind the development and deployment of sophisticated banking malware, including Citadel and Dridex.

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