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Trojan threat to bank tokens

Trojan threat to bank tokens

A new trojan circulating the internet could render security tokens used for home banking useless, experts warned.
René Millman Mar 27 2006 4:54PM Security
Double attack fires 650,000 trojan emails at U.K. firms

Double attack fires 650,000 trojan emails at U.K. firms

A double virus attack hit U.K. businesses with an estimated 650,000 trojan-laden emails before antivirus vendors were able to issue a patch against the new malware, a security firm claimed yesterday.
William Eazel Mar 22 2006 10:59AM Security
Bogus Amazon email hides phishing trojan

Bogus Amazon email hides phishing trojan

IT security experts warned internet users yesterday to be wary of emails claiming to come from Amazon that threaten to delete more than 300 pounds sterling from recipients’ credit cards.
William Eazel Mar 21 2006 12:11PM Security
Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan

Cyber criminals turn to extortion with Zippo-A trojan

Security experts have identified a tojan that encrypts victims' computer files, and then attempts to extort a ransom of $300 to restore the hijacked data.
William Eazel Mar 17 2006 10:10AM Security
Milosevic murder trojan spreading rapidly

Milosevic murder trojan spreading rapidly

An email purporting to contain proof that the recently deceased Yugoslav permier Slobodan Milosevic was murdered is being used to spread a malicious trojan, security watchers warned.
William Eazel Mar 16 2006 5:55PM Security
Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

A married couple is to be jailed for developing and selling an industrial espionage spyware trojan that helped private investigators spy on their clients' competitors.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 11:04AM Security
Husband and wife trojan team indicted

Husband and wife trojan team indicted

Two Israeli individuals alleged to have developed an industrial espionage trojan that helped companies spy on their competitors were indicted this weekend in the Tel Aviv District Court for a series of computer crimes.
William Eazel Mar 7 2006 10:02AM Security
Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader

Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader

Security experts have warned of a new malicious email that uses social engineering playing on the growing fear of an avian flu epidemic to trick users into visiting a malicious website.
William Eazel Feb 7 2006 10:35AM Security
F-Secure email faked, includes trojan

F-Secure email faked, includes trojan

Thousands of F-Secure users received a bogus email today that claims to be from an employee of the anti-virus vendor but instead contains a trojan.
Dan Kaplan Feb 1 2006 9:42PM Security
Israeli police nab industrial espionage trojan

Israeli police nab industrial espionage trojan

A married couple accused of developing trojan to spy on top Israeli companies have been arrested by police in that country.
William Eazel Feb 1 2006 11:55AM Security
Trojan kit found

Trojan kit found

Security teams from anti-spyware vendor Sunbelt Software have discovered a website application instructing hackers on how to build trojans designed to steal personal information.
Dan Kaplan Jan 23 2006 9:17PM Security
Dangerous MSN trojan blends spyware and keylogger threats

Dangerous MSN trojan blends spyware and keylogger threats

IT security watchers today warned of a newly intercepted malicious trojan that disguizes itself as MSN Messenger in order to prevent detection.
William Eazel Jan 12 2006 11:39AM Security
'Vandalism complaint' new WMF trojan

'Vandalism complaint' new WMF trojan

A new trojan, which claims to be from a Yale University professor disturbed by New Year’s vandalism, is exploiting the recently exposed Microsoft Windows metafile vulnerability.
Frank Washkuch Jan 4 2006 8:11PM Security
Trojan targets Spanish-speaking bank customers

Trojan targets Spanish-speaking bank customers

A new trojan blending spyware and phishing techniques is threatening Spanish-speaking bank customers, a European security firm warned this week.
Frank Washkuch Dec 28 2005 8:47PM Security
IM trojan steals web banking passwords

IM trojan steals web banking passwords

Security experts today warned instant messaging (IM) network users to beware of a newly intercepted trojan named W32/Banbra.BOK, which is using the rise in holiday season web commerce to secretly steal banking passwords from unwitting surfers.
William Eazel Dec 21 2005 2:04PM Security
Global Mitglieder.GB trojan epidemic poisons internet

Global Mitglieder.GB trojan epidemic poisons internet

The number of infections caused by the Mitglieder.GB trojan continues to increase rapidly, with security experts warning that the malware is now affecting computers around the globe.
William Eazel Nov 28 2005 10:26AM Security
Trojan variants, lawsuits pile on Sony

Trojan variants, lawsuits pile on Sony

Sony BMG Entertainment’s recent troubles – caused by the inclusion of a spyware-like application on nearly two dozen CD-Roms – continued to snowball this week.
Frank Washkuch Nov 10 2005 10:05PM Security
Tougher sentence demanded for TKBot-A Trojan authors

Tougher sentence demanded for TKBot-A Trojan authors

The vast majority of business PC users believe that UK legal authorities were too soft on the members of the Thr34t-Krew cyber crime gang who were sentenced last week for causing unauthorised modification of computers with intent.
William Eazel Oct 17 2005 10:12AM Security
Trojan army invades Europe and the U.S.

Trojan army invades Europe and the U.S.

Trojan-based attacks will take over from email phishing in the U.S. and Europe as trojans become more sophisticated and harder to stop, according to a new report.
René Millman Sep 28 2005 4:31PM Security
Financial spam tops list in August

Financial spam tops list in August

Financial spam topped the list of most prevalent spam during August, according to a report from Trend Micro.
Vivienne Fisher Sep 14 2005 9:41AM Security

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