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Trojan horses targeting Sony DRM rootkit found
News Two Trojan horses with very similar characteristics that exploit Sony's DRM software to avoid detection were found on Thursday. The Stinx-E Trojan horse, found by antivirus vendor Sophos, has been sent out in spam and uses filenames such as Article...
[November 10, 2005, 16:25]
Trojan horses targeting Sony DRM rootkit found
Talkback Has a Sony employee played one of the infected CDs on their work computer? How ironic if Sonys internal network was compromised.
[November 16, 2005, 11:54]
Trojan horses targeting Sony DRM rootkit found
Talkback Doing a little bit of digging has found that the cmu.edu domain seems to be kicking out loads of these emails. I must admit i have a keen eye on the security and email front and this little bugger nearly caught me out.i have informed the above...
[November 10, 2005, 18:34]
New security risk from Trojan horses
News SubSeven is a set of hacker tools that is also used as a Trojan horse, which allows an intruder to deliver malicious code to or take control of a user's computer. A Trojan horse such as SubSeven can be used to damage the host computer or also to...
[July 9, 2001, 13:41]
Criminals send malware levels soaring
News Security firm Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organised criminals turn to cybercrime. The biggest growth was in Trojan horses - programs that can damage a user's files, steal...
[July 4, 2005, 17:25]
Hackers: Show me the money
News Malicious software cases rose 22 percent in October, with Trojan horses accounting for nearly half, according to a newly released report by security company Trend Micro's TrendLabs. Trojan horses can be used to dupe computer users into running a...
[November 4, 2004, 7:43]
Symbian threats multiply
News Several Trojan horses that target mobile phones have been discovered since the start of the year, but the threat level remains low. Symantec, which sells software to protect mobile devices, has since the beginning of the month identified nine new...
[January 23, 2006, 9:00]
UK users targeted by banking Trojan
News Two Trojan horses with distinctive traits have been flagged by security researchers: one that hijacks one-time-use passwords, and another that hides behind a rootkit. Two Trojan horses with distinctive traits have been flagged by security...
[March 27, 2006, 9:05]
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
Talkback This will NOT look for trojan horses but it will delete them if there in places that the software wipes clean eg free harddrive space etc. It does alot of great things to much to meantion here.do a google for more info about it.counterspy - not...
[July 24, 2005, 20:13]
Trojan horse found responsible for child porn
Talkback I no a bit about this topic as i to have been arrested for this crap in 2003, i was not guilty and had many dif viruses and ofcourse trojan horses on my hard drive. I stay this because in my case the police DID NOT tell me about the viruses and t...
[July 24, 2005, 19:35]
Major Windows exploit 'days away'
News Attackers are already using the JView Profiler flaw to download and install Trojan horses on victims' machines," said Dan Hubbard, senior director at Websense Security Labs. The Trojan horses would let the miscreants remotely control the hijacked...
[July 13, 2005, 9:05]
Microsoft zombie hacker denial condemned
News According to Microsoft it will not be possible for a hacker to run malicious software such as Trojan horses on a machine running Windows XP, thanks to the company's "war on hostile code". According to Gibson, Windows 98 and 95 did not, which is why...
[June 11, 2001, 16:17]
What good are 1,000 remote-controlled PCs? review
Reviews RATs are Remote-Access Trojan horses, affording a cracker easy backdoor access in and out of your compromised PC. Trojan horses are bad programs that install on your computer without your knowledge. A few weeks ago, a Los Angeles man was arrested...
[November 29, 2005, 7:55]
Microsoft warns of new Word vulnerability
News Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses sent to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern since they can be blocked. Instead, especially for businesses, targeted Trojan horses have become the nightmare scenario as they can fly...
[December 6, 2006, 8:04]
Cyberattacks exploit Word flaw
News Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses sent to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern, because they can be blocked. But targeted Trojan horses, especially those aimed at specific businesses, have become nightmares as they can...
[February 16, 2007, 10:47]
Spybot Search and Destroy review
Reviews The file sets detail all of the functions that Spybot can perform, such as checking for Trojan horses or usage tracking. Next, Spybot opens to a settings screen that offers a variety of choices -- such as removing cookies, Trojan horses, and usage...
[February 18, 2003, 10:22]
FBI: Computer crime costs US firms $67bn
News Responding to worms, viruses and Trojan horses was most costly, followed by computer theft, financial fraud and network intrusion, according to the survey. Computer viruses, worms or Trojan horses plagued 84 percent of respondents, 80 percent...
[January 20, 2006, 9:30]
Strengthen your network defences
News These Trojan horses broadcast on specific ports. In other places where I've worked, I've seen people bring in unauthorised software infected with Trojan horses. I recommend being just as picky with the outbound ports as you are with the inbound...
[April 30, 2003, 15:45]
Experts gather for cybercrime conference
News Trojan horses, phishing and spam — oh my Aside from various talks specifically on botnets, other presentations dive into Trojan horses, new styles of denial-of-service attacks, spam, phishing and weaknesses in protection technologies such as...
[January 22, 2007, 15:11]
Two-factor authentication 'not the solution' to online fraud
News Two-factor authentication, or the use of a method in addition to a password to verify identity, could still be defeated by Trojan horses and phishing attacks, Bruce Schneier, a renowned cryptographer and the chief technology officer for network...
[March 16, 2005, 7:45]
