Malware continues to be a minimal threat to most Mac users, but that doesn’t mean attackers aren’t constantly trying to come up with new ways to steal information or turn users’ machines into botnet drones. The latter appears to be the case with a new Mac trojan posing as a…
Cyberattackers hit Japanese defence giant with Trojan malware
Japan’s biggest defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy has admitted that it was targeted by a major cyberattack last month in which at least 83 of its computers were infected with malware. According to reports in the Japanese press, 45 servers and 38 PCs across 10 facilities in Japan were successfully hit…
SpyEye Trojan stole $3.2 million from US victims
A Russian cybergang headed by a mysterious ringleader called ‘Soldier’ were able to steal $3.2 million (£2 million) from US citizens earlier this year using the SpyEye-Zeus data-stealing Trojan, security company Trend Micro has reported. Over a six month period from January 2011, Trend found that the Soldier gang had…
Android at risk from SpyEye banking Trojan
Banking transactions for owners of Android phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the SpyEye Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS – the first known version for Android. The malware not only tries to steal authentication information banks send via SMS, it also…
Criminals impersonate UK police to spread ransom Trojan
The recent spate of ransom malware has taken a strange turn with the news that criminals are impersonating the UK’s Metropolitan Police Service in an attempt to persuade victims to pay a fine for being caught accessing extremist or porn websites. After apparently being alerted by members of the public…
Beware of The Traffic Ticket Trojan [WARNING] (Mashable)
Mashable – Got a suspicious looking email that claims you need to pay a speeding ticket in New York? Whatever you do, don’t open it — and definitely don’t open the attachment it says you need to print out in order to pay. The email, uncovered by security firm Sophos,…
Trojan virus spreads via PC mouse
Think your computer or network can get a Trojan virus or malware only via a malicious website or an infected flash drive? Think again: even a mouse can get the job done, too. A modified mouse —and almost any hardware device that can be plugged into a computer— can potentially…
LIGATT: Back Orifice is: A. A worm B. A word processor C. Trojan horse software D. Scanning software
LIGATT: Back Orifice is: A. A worm B. A word processor C. Trojan horse software D. Scanning software View full post on Twitter / LIGATT
LIGATT: The answer is C. Trojan Horse software
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