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Google: 10 percent of sites are dangerous

May 15, 2007 Sophos adds that 70 percent of pages hosting malicious software are found on legitimate sites targeted by hackers. TAGS: Graham Cluley, malicious software, Sophos Plc., hacker, Google Inc., trojan horse, e-mail

Dutch botnet hackers sentenced to time served

February 1, 2007 Court sentences pair of hackers deemed responsible for hijacking millions of PCs to sentences that equal time served. Both are sent home on probation. TAGS: hacker, sentence, trojan horse, PC

Worm uses funny face to distract from danger

February 3, 2005 Will a picture of an old man making a silly face keep you from noticing a Trojan being installed on your PC? Someone is hoping it will. TAGS: face, worm, hacker, Sophos Plc., trojan horse, e-mail, PC

Online gamblers targeted by scams

May 18, 2006 Through hidden rootkits and Trojan horses, hackers attempt to use casinos' popularity to steal from poker players. TAGS: casino, Betfair, scam, Graham Cluley, hacker, popularity, F-Secure Corp., rootkit, trojan horse

What makes a rootkit?

November 21, 2005 The Sony copy-protection fiasco has moved the term from hacker lingo to a threat known and feared by ordinary PC owners. TAGS: rootkit, copy protection, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, hacker, expert, Sony Corp., McAfee Inc., Windows PC, threat, security, trojan horse, PC, CD, operating system

Police blotter: Trojan horse leads to porn convictions

August 25, 2006 In this week's installment, judge upholds conviction instigated by a hacker who reported incriminating files. TAGS: Police Blotter, SubSeven, conviction, Alabama, hacker, Turkey, law, trial, trojan horse, U.S., photograph, e-mail

Zombie builders send out phone texts

June 23, 2006 Hackers are trying a cell phone approach to try to dupe people into downloading a Trojan horse program. TAGS: Websense Inc., bot, hacker, attack, trojan horse, cell phone, monitoring, security

British parliament attacked using WMF exploit

January 23, 2006 The U.K. Government's e-mail security provider confirms hackers in China orchestrated attack. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, MessageLabs Ltd., hacker, WMF vulnerability, government, attack, China, patch, trojan horse, e-mail, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Where the Net's wild things are

June 16, 2005 Are your systems vulnerable? Ask a few hackers--that's what Microsoft did. Also: Trojans on the march, and worms a-wriggling. TAGS: hacker, survey, America Online Inc., researcher, attack, Java, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., security, virus, Web browser, PC, Microsoft Windows

Beware of ransomware, firm warns

July 24, 2006 Hackers are using increasingly more sophisticated technology to seize companies' data and hold it for ransom. TAGS: antivirus company, Kaspersky Lab, Sophos Plc., hacker, encryption, consultant, information technology, antivirus, trojan horse, security

Phishers target Yahoo Messenger

March 24, 2005 Phony messages direct people to a site that asks people for their Yahoo usernames and passwords. TAGS: e-mail filtering, SurfControl plc, Websense Inc., personal information, phishing, Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., MSN Messenger, attacker, IM, victim, hacker, P2P, Australia, MSN, attack

Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan

September 8, 2006 Malware that steals access codes sits on Samsung server and is spread by malicious spam and IM, Websense says. TAGS: Websense Inc., hosting, Sydney, AJAX, malicious code, malicious software, hacker, Samsung Electronics, attack, trojan horse, server, Web browser, security, IM, e-mail

Foreign powers are main cyberthreat, U.K. says

November 22, 2005 Other countries are more of a risk to the U.K.'s infrastructure than hackers--and terrorists are even lower on the list, British agency says. TAGS: cyberterrorism, marketplace, terrorist, U.K., threat, infrastructure, agency, exploit, attack, hacker, state, London, trojan horse
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