<s>
SpyEye	B-Application
is	O
a	O
malware	O
program	O
that	O
attacks	O
users	O
running	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Opera	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpyEye	B-Application
allows	O
hackers	O
to	O
steal	O
money	O
from	O
online	O
bank	O
accounts	O
and	O
initiate	O
transactions	O
even	O
while	O
valid	O
users	O
are	O
logged	O
into	O
their	O
bank	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpyEye	B-Application
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
insert	O
new	O
fields	O
and	O
alter	O
existing	O
fields	O
when	O
a	O
compromised	O
user	O
's	O
browser	O
displays	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
prompt	O
for	O
user	O
names	O
,	O
passwords	O
,	O
or	O
card	O
numbers	O
,	O
thereby	O
giving	O
hackers	O
information	O
that	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
steal	O
money	O
without	O
account	O
holders	O
ever	O
noticing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpyEye	B-Application
emanated	O
from	O
Russia	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
was	O
sold	O
in	O
underground	O
forums	O
for	O
$500+	O
in	O
which	O
SpyEye	B-Application
advertised	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
keyloggers	O
,	O
auto-fill	B-Protocol
credit	O
card	O
modules	O
,	O
email	O
backups	O
,	O
config	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
(	O
encrypted	O
)	O
,	O
Zeus	O
killer	O
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
access	O
,	O
POP3	B-Protocol
grabbers	O
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
grabbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Target	O
users	O
and	O
institutions	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Mexico	O
,	O
Canada	O
and	O
India	O
were	O
the	O
largest	O
victims	O
of	O
SpyEye	B-Application
;	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
made	O
up	O
97%	O
of	O
the	O
institutions	O
that	O
fell	O
victim	O
of	O
this	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Zeus	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
retiring	O
and	O
had	O
given	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
rights	O
to	O
sell	O
Zeus	O
to	O
his	O
biggest	O
competitor	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
SpyEye	B-Application
trojan	I-Application
;	O
those	O
same	O
experts	O
warned	O
the	O
retirement	O
was	O
a	O
ruse	O
and	O
expect	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
return	O
with	O
new	O
tricks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Aleksandr	O
Andreevich	O
Panin	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
SpyEye	B-Application
,	O
was	O
arrested	O
and	O
sentenced	O
to	O
nine	O
years	O
and	O
six	O
months	O
in	O
prison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamza	O
Bendelladj	O
,	O
co-author	O
of	O
SpyEye	B-Application
,	O
was	O
arrested	O
and	O
also	O
sentenced	O
to	O
prison	O
for	O
15	O
years	O
;	O
both	O
men	O
were	O
charged	O
for	O
stealing	O
hundreds	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
dollars	O
from	O
banks	O
all	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
