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CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News While the days of the mass-mailer worm like Sasser may be over, the virus and Trojan Horse threats are becoming more intelligent and subtle, according to Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN. [25 Jan 2007]
Virus alert as Storm Worm rages on
News Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend, security vendors believe. Each new wave of emails carried different versions of the Trojan horse, according to F-Secure. [23 Jan 2007]
Hackers nab €800,000 in online banking attack
News Russian hackers have stolen €800,000 from Sweden's largest bank Nordea after a sophisticated phishing attack tricked some of its internet customers into downloading a Trojan horse that recorded their account login details. [19 Jan 2007]
First worm of the year?
News Security experts say that although the virus looks similar to the Warezov Trojan horse that has plagued the web for the past month, it is actually a new variant of the worm and has been largely undetected as of 28 December.iDefense performed a... [02 Jan 2007]
Skype threat confusion clears
News Confusion over a security threat hitting the popular VoIP service Skype was resolved on Tuesday, with researchers re-characterising the threat as a Trojan horse rather than a worm. Websense later revised its security alert on Tuesday, re... [21 Dec 2006]
Worm warning: Beware staff surfing, says IDC
News He cited the case of a poker website that placed a Trojan horse on users' PCs when they downloaded the site's help program. Companies are now more likely to pick up malicious software via employee web surfing than from the more notorious email... [15 Sep 2006]
Alert over "extremely critical" Word flaw
News That malicious file contained the Trojan horse Mdropper.J, which then dropped the Booli.A program on a user's system. Security company Symantec, which several days ago detected the exploit, Trojan MDropper.Q, noted that it uses a two-step attack. [05 Sep 2006]
Trojan sinks its teeth into BlackBerry
News First and only BlackBerry Trojan [horse] that I know of," he wrote in his presentation. One of the first examples of malicious software on BlackBerry devices has surfaced but manufacturer RIM does not see it as a serious threat. [09 Aug 2006]
Zidane head butt leads surfers to malware
News When visiting the fake site, people can be infected with a Trojan horse downloader which, in turn, downloads additional malicious software from the site, Websense said in an alert. If you still have questions about Zinedine Zidane's World Cup head... [18 Jul 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News Antivirus vendors McAfee and Sophos said they believe the suspects may have been involved in writing a Trojan horse variously known as Breplibot, Rykanos and Stinx. The Trojan was sent in spam to many thousands of businesses in an attempt to infect... [28 Jun 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Scam repeats
Comment What it really contained was a Trojan horse, virus or some other malicious code that would attach itself to the victim's files and/or infiltrate the hard drive directly. Written at The IoD London after having found an apparently blank CD at a... [22 Jun 2006]
Lord: 'We need better cyber crime laws'
News Northesk has also proposed modifying Clause 39 of the Police and Justice Bill so that Trojan horse software which inserts itself onto a system, allowing remote access by hackers, will be specifically covered by the law. [21 Jun 2006]
Trojan lurks on Google Pages
News A Trojan horse has been discovered in Google Pages, a website hosting service offered by the search giant. Although the security monitoring company has detected the presence of the Trojan horse on Google Pages, it has not yet received any reports... [20 Jun 2006]
Cyber attack targets unpatched Excel flaw
News The malicious spreadsheet file contains a Trojan horse, called 'Mdropper.J', and program called 'Booli.A' that can download more malicious files to an infected PC, the security company said. A new, yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in... [19 Jun 2006]
'Ransomware' hackers to go unpunished?
News Greater Manchester Police (GMP) will not be pursuing the criminals who used a Trojan horse program to lock a Manchester woman's files and demanded a ransom to release them. Antivirus companies have now cracked the Archiveus Trojan, and determined... [05 Jun 2006]
