New Mac Trojan Proves There`s No Such Thing as a Malware Proof Platform ( Page 1 of 2 ) We’ve been hearing the stories for years about how Apple’s Macintosh is immune to malware. For years I’ve heard the smug claims from Mac owners about how it’s too bad that…
Mac OSX users hit with ‘Tsunami’ backdoor trojan
Users of computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X were warned Wednesday against a new malware that can embed itself in a system and await further instructions. Sophos said the malware, which it dubbed OSX/Tsunami-A, appears to have its roots in Troj/Kaiten, a malware targeting the Linux operating system. “Typically…
DroidKungFu Android Trojan variant poses as legitimate app
A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan is posing as a legitimate application update in order to infect handsets, according to security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure. Distributing Android malware as updates is a relatively new tactic that was first seen in July. The primary method of infecting…
Sophos warns Mac users as OS X hit by backdoor Trojan malware Tsunami-A
Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is being targeted by backdoor Trojan malware dubbed OSX/Tsunami-A. The malware has been identified as a Linus backdoor Trojan that embeds itself on a computer system and monitors an IRC channel for further instructions. The Tsunami part of the name given to the malware…
Trojan hack lands cycle star Floyd Landis with suspended sentence
Disgraced former Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis should be given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for his part in an alleged plot to hack the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) using Trojans, a prosecutor has said. The planting of computer Trojans for the purposes of data theft is usually…
Trojan Trouble
After 13 days, investigators had enough evidence to arrest Dimitry A., who had apparently not anticipated that his pursuers would possess such technical finesse. In Violation Of High Court Ruling? The Nuremberg case is fueling a debate that has been raging in Germany in recent weeks about the fundamental rights…
Zeus Trojan update adds P2P takedown resistance
The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P2P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to takedown efforts and gives its controllers flexibility in how they run their fraud operations. The new version of the infamous banking Trojan was discovered and analysed by Swiss security expert Roman Hüssy,…
German police trojan can snoop on other programs
A “lawful” malware recently discovered by a Germany-based hacker club which could supposedly snoop on Skype calls has been found to be capable of doing much more, a computer security firm said. Trend Micro said it has also set its software to detect the malware as BKDR_R2D2.A or R2D2, based…
German government admits using Skype spy Trojan
Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept encrypted telecommunications on PCs. At least one state said it has suspended use of the software, after the Chaos Computer Club discovered that it could be controlled…
Trojan keylogger infests US drone airbase
The base from which the US Air Force directs its ‘remote-killing’ drone aircraft has become infested with Trojans, Wired magazine has reported. According to the story, an unidentified keylogger Trojan has infected the computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada used to fly the drones on missions over…
