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They say things come in threes so, on the back of the Rustock and Coreflood takedowns in recent weeks, it has emerged that last week the UK's Police Central e-Crime Unit has, as part of a larger international investigation, arrested 3 men in connection with using the SpyEye trojan.
This particular trojan is used primarily to steal banking details from compromised PCs.
Full details are light at this time due to reporting restrictions since the case is ongoing. It is possible that this group were quite low level or indeed were acting on their own since you can get customised versions of the SpyEye kit for the same price as a high-end PC. However, it is always welcome news to hear law enforcement getting successful outcomes to their investigations.
A recent article by Brian Krebs, SpyEye, ZeuS Users Target Tracker Sites, makes for interesting further reading on this topic and how the efforts of the 'good guys' do go some way to making a difference, even if it isn't always obvious to the average Internet user.