BERLIN – Germany’s Interior Ministry says no federal security services were involved in using a Trojan horse program to spy on people through their computers. View full post on federal hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Government’ backdoor R2D2 Trojan discovered by Chaos Computer Club
A Trojan horse allegedly created by the German government to spy on citizens’ online activity and Skype conversations has been discovered. Sit back, eat your popcorn, and get ready for the political storm if this proves to be true. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post…
SpyEye online banking Trojan stealing customer text messages
Researchers from browser security vendor Trusteer have identified a new variant of the SpyEye financial Trojan that tricks online banking users into changing the phone numbers associated with their accounts. “The Trusteer research team recently uncovered a stealth new attack carried out by the SpyEye Trojan that circumvents mobile SMS…
Zeus Trojan gang member gets jail for huge UK fraud
The most complex cybercrime investigation ever undertaken by UK police has resulted in another member of a gang that used the Zeus Trojan to raid online bank accounts being sentenced to two years behind bars. Latvian Karina Kostromina was originally arrested as part of Operation Lath in September 2010 along…
Mac Trojan malware masquerades as flash player update
A new Trojan malware is targeting computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X, masquerading as an update to Adobe’s Flash software and fooling users into installing it. Mac security firm Intego said the malware, which it identified as OSX/flashback.A, exploits default settings on OS X’s built-in browser Safari to automatically…
Zeus Trojan gang busted for money smuggling
A mid-level organiser of an international online bank theft ring that relied on the Zeus Trojan faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced early next year, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of false IDs. Nikolay Garifulin, 27, of Volgograd, Russia,…
Apple malware update protects against PDF Trojan horse
by Dan Moren, Macworld.com Update brings enhanced malware protection for Snow Leopard Inside Snow Leopard’s hidden malware protection Intego: Malware masquerades as Flash installer New Mac malware variant surfaces, poses as PDF Bugs Fixes: Troubleshooting Apple’s malware protection Lion: The Complete Macworld Review How to force your Mac to…
Apple updates OS X Lion, Snow Leopard malware definitions to address new trojan
Apple has updated “its malware definitions for Snow Leopard and Lion systems to allow them to recognize the trojan [OSX/Revir.A, OSX/Imuler.A],” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors. “Apple updated its tools earlier this year in response to the MacDefender threat, and Snow Leopard and Lion system now automatically check for new…
Sophos warns vs new Trojan malware targeting Mac OS X
A new Trojan malware now stalks users of computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X, using an old disguise that once fooled users of Microsoft’s Windows. View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Mac OS X vulnerable to new PDF trojan malware
Although Macs have the squeaky clean image of being malware-free, things may start to change as the platform gets increasingly more popular. Researchers at F-Secure and Sophos have discovered a new trojan horse malware that targets Mac OS X and is disguised as a PDF file. The malware was first…
