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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.
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Sophos Plc.
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Graham Cluley
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victim
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payment
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malicious software
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security
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.
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LURHQ Corp.
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trojan horse
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malicious software
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writer
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victim
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encryption
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payment
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researcher
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security
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password
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attack
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database
Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
June 29, 2004
Trojan horse has watch list of banking sites. Victims visit sites, type in passwords, hand info to hackers.
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Marcus Sachs
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trojan horse
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victim
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Internet Storm Center
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banking
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malicious program
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dot-com
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researcher
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hacking
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password
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Symantec Corp.
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threat
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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security
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Web browser
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Microsoft Corp.
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.
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Kaspersky Lab
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distributed denial of service
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antivirus
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victim
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police
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RSA Security Inc.
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trojan horse
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malicious software
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attack
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conference
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server
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PC
Pop-up toolbar spreads via IE flaws
June 9, 2004
Criminal charges could result for those who use Explorer vulnerabilities to trigger pop-up ads on PCs.
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adware
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victim
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Stephen Toulouse
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flaw
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antivirus company
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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toolbar
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vulnerability
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trojan horse
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researcher
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antivirus
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security
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Symantec Corp.
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analysis
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Microsoft Corp.
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e-mail
Adware ploy dupes IMers with bin Laden 'news'
February 12, 2004
A Trojan horse program uses bogus news of the al-Qaida leader's capture to get AOL Instant Messeger users to open a program that installs adware called BuddyLinks on the victim's PC.
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Osama bin Laden
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adware
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al-Qaida
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America Online Inc.
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trojan horse
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IM
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victim
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security software company
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Symantec Corp.
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capture
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spyware
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link
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virus
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software company
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security
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TV
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.
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Bagle virus
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variant
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antivirus software
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Computer Associates International Inc.
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virus
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trojan horse
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antivirus
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PC
PCs falling victim to Windows flaws
July 12, 2005
Microsoft issues three "critical" security alerts and warns that miscreants are already exploiting two holes in Windows.
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Stephen Toulouse
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victim
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flaw
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vulnerability
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attacker
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Microsoft Windows Server
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service pack
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Word
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security
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Microsoft Windows
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software company
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PC
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e-mail
New Mimail mixes tricks for PayPal scam
January 16, 2004
In their quest to bypass security protections, virus writers are now using Trojan horse programs to upload their malicious code to a victim's PC.
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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Mimail
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PayPal
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antivirus company
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attachment
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trojan horse
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technique
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bank
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security
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e-mail
Phishers target Yahoo Messenger
March 24, 2005
Phony messages direct people to a site that asks people for their Yahoo usernames and passwords.
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SurfControl plc
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Websense Inc.
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IM
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Yahoo IM
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personal information
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e-mail filtering
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phishing
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Yahoo! Inc.
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MSN Messenger
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victim
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P2P
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Australia
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MSN
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