After analyzing the feedback from the company’s Smart Protection Network, Trend Micro researchers have noted an upswing in attempted Zeus / Zbot Trojan infections. After being practically non-existent in January, the rest of the months up until the beginning of May have witnesses a continuos rise in numbers of attempted Zeus/Zbot Trojan infections, Trend Micro researchers pointed out. The main goal of the malware is the same as before: stealing any type of online credentials, including those user for online banking, and any kind of personal information that might be of use to criminally-minded individuals. They now create two different folders on the system: one to stash a copy of themselves, and the other to host the stolen and encrypted information and the configuration file they download from a remote server.