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RSA takes on Trojan horses
March 16, 2007 Service will help financial institutions identify Trojan horses and take down the Web sites that distribute the threats.Spy program snoops on cell phones
March 30, 2006 Software hides itself on phones to secretly capture data, leading one security company to label it a Trojan horse.Trojan horse: Your money or your files
April 29, 2006 Newly discovered Trojan horse threatens to delete files if victim doesn't pay $10.99 for code to disarm the malicious software.Trojan piggybacks on Firefox
July 26, 2006 New Trojan installs itself as Firefox extension, according to a security advisory by McAfee.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.File-sharing programs carry Trojan horse
January 3, 2002 Popular file-sharing programs Grokster and LimeWire are privacy time bombs, say computer experts who found "spyware" bundled with the downloads.Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet
November 8, 2007 Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of the Trojan but says it does not mean Mac platforms are facing a malware avalanche.Trojan Cryzip extorts decryption fee
March 14, 2006 A new Trojan encrypts files, then demands $300 in ransom for their decryption and release, according to security firm.Confusion over Skype security threat clears up
December 20, 2006 Researchers now characterize threat to Skype IM tool as a Trojan horse, not a worm.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.Trojan targets Google hosting service
June 19, 2006 Waits for people to log on to banking sites, then tries to steal personal information by capturing keystrokes.Russian phone Trojan tries to ring up charges
February 28, 2006 Malicious software can infect any cell phone that can run Java applications, not just more-advanced smart phones.Price of cybercrime tools shrinks
February 9, 2007 Trojan tools are swapping hands online for just $600, RSA manager says, with bulk discounts available on compromised log-in details.Trojan horse targets Skype users
March 23, 2007 A variant of the Warezov Trojan horse has again been programmed to spread through the instant-messaging feature in Skype.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.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.Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw
March 30, 2007 Attackers take advantage of vulnerability in Windows animated cursor. Also: Trojan spam dupes users into thinking it's an IE 7 beta.'Storm worm' Trojan horse surges on
January 23, 2007 Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.This worm wishes you a Happy New Year
December 29, 2006 Security experts warn of a Trojan horse disguised as celebratory e-mail that could turn a PC into a spamming zombie.Word flaw hit with zero-day attack
September 5, 2006 "Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code. Sponsored matches for "trojan horse"
