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whitepaper The traditional cyber security landscape characterized by viral and Trojan Horse threats has changed considerably. And while viruses and fast-spreading worms continue to pose a significant threat, the risks to desktop and client systems from...
[11 Apr 2008]
News Cox wrote in a blog post: "This is technically the first Trojan horse seen for the iPhone; however, it does appear to be more of a prank than an actual threat. The first iPhone Trojan has been seen in the wild, according to security vendors.
[09 Jan 2008]
whitepaper It will describe the prevalence of Trojan Horses, the differences between the Trojans, the Viruses and Worms, what types of bad functionality does a Trojan Horse typically carry and how can one get infected?
[07 Aug 2007]
whitepaper After infecting a computer, the Troj/Paymite-J Trojan horse looks for other computers on the network and sends a fake warning message to them claiming that they are infected by spyware. Experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus...
[11 Jul 2007]
News When a video is playing, a Trojan horse is downloaded in the background. Apple is close to an agreement with several Hollywood film studios over plans to offer films to rent, reports this morning's FT.
[11 Jun 2007]
News The ISP said a small number of customers may also have downloaded a Trojan horse in the process. PlusNet is undergoing an overhaul of its webmail platform following a security breach earlier this month.
[23 May 2007]
News The Conservatives, however, have labelled the scheme "a Trojan horse" that will eventually lead to a nationwide system of tolls. The government is pushing ahead with plans to introduce pay-as-you-drive road-pricing across the country, after...
[23 May 2007]
News The websites, the bulk of which are compromised sites, often drop a Trojan horse or other pest onto a PC through a security hole in the web browser. He has spotted an encoded script function called "makemelaugh" that downloads a Trojan horse that...
[19 Apr 2007]
News Last month, miscreants adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to target Skype users. Clicking on the link would result in a PC being at the beck and call of the attacker and the Trojan horse sending messages to the victim's Skype contacts.
[17 Apr 2007]
News Miscreants have again adapted the Warezov Trojan horse to target Skype users, Websense Security Labs warned on Thursday. Once infected, a computer will be at the beck and call of the attacker and the Trojan horse will start sending messages to the...
[26 Mar 2007]
News Internet thieves are increasingly turning to Trojan-horse software, which can load keylogging software onto unsuspecting victims' computers. US networks pumped out the highest percentage of attacks during the second half of last year, with China...
[20 Mar 2007]
whitepaper Service providers can help Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) secure the network by deploying a layered approach by using various advanced technologies and solutions, protecting the network, and anticipating multiple types of potential...
[28 Feb 2007]
News A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm has emerged, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin boards. Storm Worm emerged in January and raged across the globe in the form of emails with attachments that, when opened...
[28 Feb 2007]
News However, as Camissar explained, the website is not the issue: "The Commonwealth Bank website hasn't been compromised but the Trojan horse monitors user sites visited and sends back the [bank site] username and password to the server computer.
[20 Feb 2007]
News The court found the pair responsible for commandeering millions of computers last year with a Trojan horse called Toxbot. The 20-year-old main hacker was responsible for creating Toxbot as well as another Trojan called Wayphisher, the court found.
[01 Feb 2007]
News That means that the email itself may not contain a malware attachment but instead a web link to a site or download that would then infect you with a Trojan horse. Phishing attacks have outstripped the number of emails infected with viruses and...
[31 Jan 2007]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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