'Ruthless' Trojan steals 500K bank, credit card log-ons
A sophisticated cybercrime group that's maintained an especially devious Trojan horse for nearly three years has stolen the log-ons to more than 300,000 online bank accounts and almost as many credit cards during that time, a security company said today.
Anatomy of a Spam Virus
A botnet created by a trojan virus is sometimes referred to as SpamThru.
According to the Don’t Bounce Spam organization, spammers have become very sophisticated in the way they manage their botnets , and the SpamThru Trojan is the leading example. In at least one case the botnet consisted of over 73,000 computers.
Apple iPhone 'game' contains Windows Trojan
Apple iPhone users are the latest target of hackers trying to infect Windows PCs, according to security firm Sophos.
Trojans and viruses are out to get you
Have you received your virus-infected e-mail yet today? I don't know what's up, but in the last week I've received dozens of e-mails with a virus infected attachment or a link to a backdoor Trojan horse. There are three variations and all have one thing in mind--luring me into getting zapped with a nasty payload.
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