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Mac Trojan Impersonates a Flash Player Installer

Ludwig — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:25:01 +0000

We've always known that Macs are susceptible to malware, but without a significant portion of market share, why should anyone bother? Now that numbers are up, Mac users are finding out that their platform of choice is also vulnerable, and it's not just Windows users who have to be on the lookout. The latest threat eating away at Apple PCs is a trojan horse that tries to dupe users into thinking it's a harmless Flash Player installer. [......]

Is Anyone Buying China’s Trojan Horse Sob Story?

Ludwig — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:21:37 +0000

It's common practice to point the finger at China every time there's a major cyber attack, just as many security analysts did following McAfee's recent report detailing a five-year run of cyber high jinks "by one specific actor." The Chinese government usually throws up its arms in disbelief and says, "Who, me!?," only now China officials are claiming that it too is a victim. According to figures released by China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT from here on out), China was the target of 480,000 Trojan attacks in 2010, PCWorld.com reports . CNCERT pegs the number of outside attacks at 221,000, adding that 14.7 percent originated from the U.S., and 8.8 percent from India. [......]

Trojan stealing Bitcoin users’ wallets, says Symantec

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:32:15 +0000

Bitcoins have become popular as an alternative to government-controlled currencies, but a new Trojan seems to be specifically targeting Bitcoin wallets in an attempt to steal funds, security firm Symantec warns. The news follows reports earlier this week of a Bitcoin user being hacked to the tune of 25,000 bitcoins, or about $500,000 USD. [......]

U.S. Government to Remotely Uninstall Coreflood Trojan from Infected Machines

Ludwig — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:58:38 +0000

Over the course of the next four weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice will put into effect an initiative to remotely uninstall the Corefloo botnet Trojan from infected Windows PCs[......]

Google Yanks 21 Trojan Infected Apps from Android Market

Ludwig — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:45:08 +0000

Google was quick to ban a no-good publisher and remove his 21 Trojan infected applications from the Android Market after receiving a tip from AndroidPolice.com. According to AndroidPolice, the publisher took 21 popular free apps from the market, laced each one with root exploits, and then republished them[......]

Bank Trojan Uses New Tricks to Hijack Account Info

Ludwig — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:38:54 +0000

There's a new piece of malware making the rounds, one that could get more dangerous with time. It's a Trojan called "OddJob," and eastern European cybercriminals are using it to steal from online bank accounts in the U.S., ComputerWorld reports [......]

Chinese Trojan discovered in Android games

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:40:59 +0000

By Tim Conneally , Betanews An Android-based Trojan called "Geinimi" has been discovered in the wild, mobile security company Lookout now warns . The Trojan is capable of sending personal information to remote servers and exhibits botnet-like behavior, the security company says. Geinimi originated in China, and is being distributed inside applications and games downloadable in third-party Android app stores. [......]

Malware-infected Mainframe May Have Doomed Spanish Airliner

Ludwig — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:19:07 +0000

Spanair flight number JK 5022, which crashed seconds after taking off from Madrid's Barajas airport on August 20, 2008, may have been doomed[......]

Android Gets its First Trojan

Ludwig — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:04:11 +0000

Android has had a few security scares during its meteoric rise to greatness, but this is the first time a software package could accurately be described as a malicious trojan . The malware, called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer, appears to be a standard Android application with the .APK file extension. Upon installing, the app will begin sending out SMS messages to premium numbers[......]

Report: Majority of Fortune 500 Companies Possibly Infected with Botnets

Ludwig — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:24:54 +0000

Think Fortune 500 companies are on the ball? Think again. According to a startling RSA study released this week, as many as 88 percent of Fortune 500 companies might be affected by botnet activity [......]