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1. British police bust Zbot Trojan ring

   (Security/Security Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   A zombie army "spewing" out spam British detectives have arrested two individuals with suspected links to an insidious data-stealing Trojan horse known as Zbot. 

According to Sophos security analyst Graham ...

2. Apple malware checker only detects two viruses

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... that can only detect two Trojan horses, both fairly elderly. "RSPlug.a" which was first seen in October 2007 and "Iservice" which appeared in January are both identified by Snow Leopard's anti-virus ...

3. Major source of Internet spam pulled off the Web

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 13 November 2008

   ... Trojan horse program that is one of the most stealthy malware programs in existence currently. This is just one more successful move in the government’s quest to go more seriously after spammers. Last ...

4. Flawed AVG update cripples Windows XP PCs

   (Security/Security Features)

   Wednesday, 12 November 2008

   ... posted on AVG’s support forums and its support site indicated that an update for the security software released late Saturday singled out the user32.dll file as a Trojan horse. As a result, the updated ...

5. Greek hackers deface LHC webpage, leave files

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 12 September 2008

   ... ending with “We are 2600 – dont mess with us.” (sic)  There were also several files left behind, but scientists removed them after making sure they didn’t contain any trojan horses or other remote ...

6. Microsoft eradicates password stealers from more than two million computers

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 24 June 2008

   ... Removal Tool detected and erased Trojan horse programs designed to steal passwords from popular online games like World of Warcraft, Valve’s Steam Client and Lineage Online.  Back on June 10, Microsoft ...

7. Trojan horse takes pictures of Mac users

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 24 June 2008

   ... of malware authors in Macs. Security experts are warning now about a new Trojan horse released in the wild, targeting OS X Tiger and Leopard users. The malware can steal your passwords, avoid detection, ...

8. Radeon 4850 briefly on sale, more specs revealed

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 13 June 2008

   ... in 10 days. Read also: Leaked Radeon 4800 details: Meet (Terry) Makedon and Trojan (Horse)   ...

9. ATI Radeon 4800 launch details: Meet (Terry) Makedon and Trojan (Horse)

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 14 May 2008

   ... chip is built onto a board codenamed “Trojan” (could be named after a condom brand or a horse; we pick the latter) and comes with a dual-slot cooler, following the tradition of earlier XX70 boards. Our ...

10. Scientists create malicious hardware

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 30 April 2008

    ... can get rid of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, rootkits in a relatively comfortable way and hopefully without having to suffer too much damage. Hiding and finding malware has been a cat-and-mouse-game between ...

11. People cynical about Comcast's P2P "bill of rights"

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    ... rights.  "Is it some sort of Trojan Horse document to trick users into a sense of justice? That remains to be seen until the document is completed, but we always keep one wary eye on companies like ...

12. Hackers break into power station, in less than a day

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Thursday, 10 April 2008

    ... employees into clicking false links which contained self-installing Trojan horse software.  Winkler says his team had complete control of the computers and could have caused even more damage to the ...

13. What if Google did video games?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 29 February 2008

    ... thinking of how they could use this technology as a Trojan horse to fundamentally change not only the gaming market but the PC market as well.    Since HP leads the existing PC market, such ...

14. Fight bots with Symantec’s Norton AntiBot

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 17 July 2007

    Symantec has released its AntiBot software to help computer users stop and delete unwanted Trojan Horse programs. Cupertino (CA) – Symantec has released its AntiBot software to help computer users ...

15. Bogus security bulletin plants trojan horse on user PCs

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 27 June 2007

    Sophos warns about a fake Microsoft security that tries to lure users into downloading a patch that really is a trojan horse. Chicago (IL) – Sophos warns about a fake Microsoft security that tries ...

16. Teenager hacks AOL

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Friday, 27 April 2007

    ... network.  Prosecutors claim Mike Nieves accessed customer records and even infected machines with a Trojan horse program.  The hacks occurred from December 24th 2006 to April 7th 2007. Nieves ...

17. eEye releases unofficial patch for animated cursor vulverability

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 02 April 2007

    ... .ANI vulnerability was discovered a few weeks ago and black hat hackers have already developed exploit code.  Once hit by the exploit, victim computers could be forced to install a Trojan horse or ...

18. Valentines Day brings virus and spam

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 13 February 2007

    ... are often associated with Valentines Day, but computer users are now receiving viruses and email Spam. Major anti-vendors like Symantec and Panda are reporting several new email-based viruses and Trojan ...

19. 90% of email estimated to be spam

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 28 November 2006

    ... as a cyber messaging security company, found that the holiday swing, combined with increasing knowledge among hackers about how to send bulk messages, is at the root of the spamming explosion. Trojan horses, ...

20. Microsoft sues creator of spyware screensaver

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    ... screen savers and "other seemingly benign programs" as trojan horses to secretly install unwanted software on computers of Internet users. According to a press release, Microsoft seeks damages from the ...

21. Apple iPods now come with viruses

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 October 2006

    ... damage or data loss, but it does act as a trojan horse that could allow other, more serious, viruses to infect the computer. The offending computer has been found and dealt with and Apple says it doesn't ...

22. New board scandal details prompt HP to become proactive

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 21 September 2006

    ... from a fictious "tipster" to gain a reporter's trust, whereas one email included a trojan horse that was designed to report back to whom the reporter was talking to. The fact that HP could have planted ...

23. Intel "vPro" business desktops arrive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 September 2006

    ... traffic if a virus or Trojan horse is detected. The chipset can create a virtual network connection and send all traffic through that connection, rather than the corporate network. This could prevent viruses ...

24. Google warns of malware on websites

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 04 August 2006

    ... a site may include malware such as spyware or even trojan horses and worms. Instead, Google chose to warn the user once he has clicked on a link: Before actually navigating to the site selected, Google ...

25. Spammers use images to avoid spam filters

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 26 July 2006

    ... 'zombies', also known as botnet computers, hijacked by Trojan horses, worms and viruses under the control of hackers." While Asia accounts for more spam than any other continent, spam relaying in Europe ...

26. Sophos recommends Macs for home users

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 05 July 2006

    ... produces almost twice the amount of spam as the United States. Ransomware and rootkits apparently are two of the most troubling emerging threats. Ransomware is usually distributed as a Trojan horse that ...

27. Symantec warns of Mac OS X trojan

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 June 2006

    ... a patch in version 10.4.7 this Wednesday. Symantec has initially called the program a trojan horse, but the code hasn't yet been seen spreading in the wild. Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital ...

28. McAfee answers Microsoft's OneCare challenge

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 16 June 2006

    ... users not only against viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware, but will also detect phishing scams to prevent identity theft and identify and kill rootkits, which are typically used to hide the existence ...

29. Panda Software warns that malware increasingly targets MMOs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 16 May 2006

    Panda Software, a Glendale California-based computer security company, says malware is increasingly targeting MMO games. Crooks are using Trojan horse programs to steal login details, which can later ...

30. Trojan horse steals passwords from World of Warcraft players

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 04 May 2006

    Security analysts at MicroWorld Technologies, a computer security vendor, have discovered a new Trojan horse that steals usernames and passwords from World of Warcraft players. The PSW.Win32.WOW.x spreads ...

31. The rising cost of business: Is Microsoft planning something big?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 27 April 2006

    ... '06, I would characterize it as being a broad-based approach across multiple fronts," Microsoft's CFO Chris Liddell responded. "I don't think there's any Trojan horse there that we haven't talked about, ...

32. Microsoft to release patch for recent browser exploit

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 27 March 2006

    A recently uncovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer can expose computers to "drive-by downloads", Trojan horse programs that are installed through innocuous looking pop-up windows. The team at Microsoft's ...

33. First-of-kind viruses target mobile users

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 01 March 2006

      Two new Trojan horses are being billed as "first-of-their-kind" bugs. Two new Trojan horses are being billed as "first-of-their-kind" bugs. Security alerts are warning of a "crossover" virus that ...

34. Build-to-order trojan horse service offers customized malware for $990

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 24 February 2006

    Antivirus specialist Panda Software says it has discovered a "complex malware creation system" that allows individuals to purchase "made-to-measure" trojan horses for a flat fee of $990. The money buys ...

35. First recorded Mac OS X worm meets a well-prepared user community

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 17 February 2006

    ... being unaccustomed to the notion of having their computers infected, the discussion among the Mac community today has been what to call this thing - is it a virus, a worm, a Trojan Horse? Everyone has ...

36. Sophos' Graham Cluley: The end of the widespread virus era is at hand

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 03 February 2006

    ... Trojan, as you logged into your bank online. You can never undo any screen captures it might have made, as it was trying to steal your identity. So a lot of things that other malware, which hasn't been ...

37. eBay hacker pleads guilty

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 December 2005

    ... Trojan horse programs into vulnerable Windows computers. The infected computers, known as bots or zombie computers would regularly "phone home" by logging into an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) room specially ...

38. World of Warcraft players get a new update and 'launcher' program

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 16 November 2005

    ... The launcher shows a copy of the www.worldofwarcraft.com webpage and also scans for viruses, Trojan-horses and cheat programs. Yesterday, players logging into World of Warcraft were treated to the new ...

39. Sony BMG suspends production of XCP-endowed audio CDs, acknowledges exploits

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 11 November 2005

    ... it continues to meet our goals of security and ease of consumer use." Since yesterday's revelation of Trojan horse programs lurking behind XCP's cloak, many press sources have cited the existence of "viruses," ...

40. Sophos discovers two Trojans hiding behind Sony BMG DRM

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 10 November 2005

      As the Sony BMG DRM affair continues to unfold by the hour, British security software firm Sophos today discovered two Trojan horse packages that can leverage the DRM package's stealth capabilities ...

41. Hackers use 'Windows Update' to deliver trojan horse

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 08 April 2005

      IT security company, Sophos, has issued a warning about a fake Microsoft security update website which is being used to deliver a Trojan horse. IT security company, Sophos, has issued a warning ...

42. Microsoft patches Media Player against spyware

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Wednesday, 16 February 2005

      Microsoft has posted an update to Windows Media Player, its flagship audio/video application, to stymie attacks by Trojan horses intent on planting spyware on users' machines. Microsoft has posted ...

43. Phel trojan horse attacks Windows XP

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 31 December 2004

      Security firm Symantec is warning users of a newly discovered Trojan horse named Phel - an anagram of the word help - that attacks Windows XP. Security firm Symantec is warning users of a newly ...

44. Trojan slips through XP's back door

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 30 December 2004

      Online miscreants have released a Trojan horse that can infect computers running Microsoft's Windows XP, installing programs to remotely control a victim's system. Online miscreants have released ...

45. Skulls Trojan keelhauls Symbian phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 22 November 2004

    ... features. Skulls, a Trojan horse program that poses as gaming software, is one of the first examples of malicious code to successfully infect mobiles. Read the complete story here. (The Register)  ...

46. Trojan targets UK online bank accounts

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 12 November 2004

      Virus writers have created a new Trojan horse capable of helping crooks to break into the accounts of British internet banking customers. Virus writers have created a new Trojan horse capable ...

47. Freegate is not Trojan horse, says Symantec

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 16 September 2004

      Symantec is to stop classifying a software utility that enables Chinese surfers to view blocked websites as a Trojan horse. Symantec is to stop classifying a software utility that enables Chinese ...

48. First Trojan to target WindowsCE PDAs emerges

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 05 August 2004

      The first backdoor Trojan horse designed to attack Pocket PC PDAs running the WindowsCE operating system has been discovered, several antivirus companies said on Thursday. The first backdoor Trojan ...

49. McAfee names worst viruses

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 26 July 2004

      A rivalry between the creators of the Netsky and Bagle viruses helped cause a dramatic increase in threats in the first half of the year, but the most serious was Download.Ject, a Trojan horse program ...

50. EarthLink and Webroot find more than 500,000 trojan horses on user computers

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 17 June 2004

    ... Report, which tracks the growth of spyware on consumer PCs. Among the key findings, the report revealed that, for the year to date, more than 500,000 system monitors and Trojan horses have been discovered ...