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Trojan horses steal bank details, passwords

March 24, 2006 Cybercriminals use new Trojan horse tricks to steal money via bank Web sites and to nab personal passwords. TAGS: trojan horse, malicious software, bank, rootkit, security company, password, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

FAQ: Sony's 'rootkit' CDs

November 11, 2005 Sony's copy protection could help hide new viruses on a PC. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself. TAGS: rootkit, copy protection, computer security company, computer user, presence, computer security, Sony Corp., security company, CD, virus, trojan horse, PC, hard drive

Microsoft probes anti-spyware Trojan

February 10, 2005 Microsoft is offering support to people hit by the Trojan horse that targets its Windows AntiSpyware application. TAGS: trojan horse, Sophos Plc., anti-spyware, Microsoft Corp., virus, Microsoft Windows, PC

Bagle commandeers PCs for zombie army

June 28, 2005 New offshoot uses a Trojan horse to try to compromise PCs for use in cyberattack networks. TAGS: Bagle virus, cyberattack, variant, F-Secure Corp., antivirus software, trojan horse, Symantec Corp., PC, virus

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, Windows PC, expert, McAfee Inc., Sony Corp., threat, security, trojan horse, CD, PC, operating system

Trojan delivers unwanted gift to Windows PCs

December 29, 2005 Attack exploits unpatched hole in Windows to drop adware, spyware or other stealth programs that can compromise the PC. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, Kaspersky Lab, service pack, adware, trojan horse, spyware, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, PC

Security A to Z: Rootkits

November 27, 2006 Hackers aren't the only ones using rootkits. The Sony fiasco brought the toolkits into the mainstream. TAGS: rootkit, Sony Corp., digital-rights management, trojan horse, security, CD, 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: worm, face, hacker, Sophos Plc., trojan horse, e-mail, PC

Trojan piggybacks on Microsoft patching

January 27, 2005 Fake e-mail warning of a Windows security problem tries to fool people into downloading and installing a program. TAGS: attachment, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, security, Microsoft Windows, virus, operating system, PC

Cell phone virus tries leaping to PCs

September 22, 2005 A virus discovered Wednesday is among the first designed to spread from smart phones to PCs, says security firm F-Secure. TAGS: memory card, F-Secure Corp., worm, virus, threat, smart phone, mobile phone, PC, cell phone, trojan horse, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

'Storm worm' exploits YouTube

October 10, 2007 Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. TAGS: YouTube, Graham Cluley, spammer, spam filtering, bot, spam, trojan horse, Google Inc., function, security, e-mail, PC, video

Bagle variants punch, punch and punch again

June 2, 2005 Latest variants of the worm adopt new tactics to bob and weave their way past PC defenses. TAGS: Bagle virus, Computer Associates International Inc., variant, antivirus software, victim, virus, trojan horse, PC, antivirus

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

Image-handling flaws put Windows PCs at risk

November 8, 2005 Microsoft's "critical" Patch Tuesday bulletin tackles three flaws in how the OS handles certain graphics files. TAGS: Neel Mehta, Windows PC, flaw, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Corp., attack, software company, security, trojan horse, spyware, Microsoft Windows, PC, operating system

Experts: Zombies ousting viruses

May 25, 2005 Attackers are drafting bot armies of up to 10,000 machines rather than creating global epidemics like Blaster, security experts say. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, antivirus company, malicious software, epidemic, distributed denial of service, tactic, antivirus, Blaster worm, spam, radar, trojan horse, author, virus, PC, e-mail

Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise

February 7, 2007 Kaspersky warns 2007 will bring increase in extortion schemes to encrypt your data and hold it hostage. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, distributed denial of service, victim, RSA Security Inc., police, malicious software, attack, antivirus, conference, trojan horse, server, PC

The new battleground in cybercrime

November 30, 2007 Finjan CTO Yuval Ben-Itzhak writes that user data increasingly is driving "criminal-2-criminal" business. TAGS: cybercriminal, Finjan Software Inc., attacker, Web 2.0, signature, malicious code, trojan horse, credit card, bank, security, spyware, server, PC

Net pioneer predicts overwhelming botnet surge

January 29, 2007 A quarter of all Net-connected PCs could become infected by Trojans, Vint Cerf tells World Economic Forum attendees. TAGS: Vint Cerf, trojan horse, security, PC

Super Bowl stadium site packed Trojan horse

February 2, 2007 Cybercrooks reprogram Dolphin Stadium Web site to load script that would attempt to exploit two Windows security holes.Images: Stadium site gets sacked TAGS: Dolphin Ltd., Websense Inc., Super Bowl, Web security, antivirus company, security company, patch management, Windows PC, attack, trojan horse, security, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., PC

Bin Laden Trojan quickly constrained

June 4, 2005 A Trojan-carrying spam e-mail that purports to offer pictures of a captured Osama bin Laden tricks few Internet users. TAGS: Osama bin Laden, F-Secure Corp., al-Qaida, worm, McAfee Inc., picture, trojan horse, antivirus, TV, e-mail, PC