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Trojan horse

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Trojan horse

description: A malicious program that disguises itself as a beneficial or entertaining program but that actually damages a computer or installs code that can counteract security measures (perhaps by collecting passwords) or perform other tasks (such as launching a distributed denial of service attack). Unlike a computer virus, a Trojan horse does not replicate itself.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 12 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Bank Trojan users arrested for ZeuS/Zbot hack

TAGS:British, England, europe, malware, phishing, police, trojan, UK, virus, Zbot, ZeuSIT TOPICS:Cybercrime & Hacking, Desktop Applications, Government & Regulation, Security, Windows & MicrosoftA man and a woman have been arrested in England, for allegedly ... [Computerworld - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Trojan horse, Linux, Arrests, John Leyden

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Arrested: Suspected Zeus Trojan distributors

The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested two people earlier this month for the suspected criminal distribution of the Zeus Trojan.A spokesman for the Met Police told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that the man and woman were ... [Silicon.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Trojan horse, Arrests, ZDNet

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

ScanSafe Inc

Increase in Gumblar backdoors poses FTP credential problems

Gumblar Trojan, FTP CredentialsSecurity Researcher explains how to detect the Trojan, but many victimized website owners don’t have the technical expertise to fix the problem.Mary Landesman, a senior security researcher at security vendor ScanSafe writes ... [Security Bytes - 16 hours ago]

Entities: File Transfer Protocol, Trojan horse, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

PC World

Fake Payment Request Attack Ramps Up

A currently underway attack is attempting to trick victims with an e-mail that purports to request a verification for payment to a major company, but instead carries a Trojan.E-mail security company Cloudmark reports seeing more than 1.6 million of the ... [NetworkWorld - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Trojan horse, PC World, Engine

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Cisco Systems Inc

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

The Cisco Systems logo stands in front of the company's headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding ... [PhysOrg.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Cisco Systems Inc, iPhone, Michael Weir, Trojan horse, Certis Cisco

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Making the first computer virus

Witness By Dave Lee BBC World Service Fred Cohen created the first ever computer virus If you've ever had to spend a lot of money on antivirus software, you'd be forgiven for wanting to take Fred Cohen aside for, to put it politely, a few choice word ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Computer Virus, Fred Cohen, Trojan horse, Virus, Witness

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Hewlett-Packard Company

Vigil@nce: HP ProCurve Switch, Cross Site Scripting

ProCurve Switch, Cross Site Scripting - Global Security Mag Online IT security solution(s), IT security , anti virus, IT security protection, virus, job offer/employment , network security news, network security , IT security magazine, virus alert, special ... [Global Security Mag Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: ProCurve, Hewlett-Packard Company, Trojan horse, Virus, International Organization for Standardization

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Two arrested in the UK over financially motivated Trojan

Metropolitan police enquiry into the zbot Trojan leads to the arrest of Manchester pairA man and a woman have been arrested in Manchester in connection with the zbot Trojan, the most widespread example of malware specifically designed to help hackers ... [Information Age - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Trojan horse, United Kingdom, Manchester

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Trojan Viruses

hello guys.i have to make a trojan virus that stay behind other programs and deletes a file..any file even itsself.. id like to know if you can give me the code or suggest me any good book that i can read??its a project for my uni so any feedback would ... [TechSpot - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Trojan horse, Virus, Stay Behind

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Al Lewis: Holiday Sales Could Be Another Bad Rerun

USAA Financial Planning Services has been asking folks what movie title best describes their holiday budget."It's a Wonderful Life," said 29% of 1,000 adults polled.The National Retail Federation is forecasting a 1% decline over last year's not-so-happy ... [FOXBusiness.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Al Lewis, United Services Automobile Association, Interactive Data Corporation, Phishing, Sears Holdings Corporation

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

For the best returns, follow the money

Its every investors dream. Hitch your wagon to the most well connected in the financial world and you could enjoy a Rolls-Royce ride to riches.However, this doesnt have to remain a dream. There are ways in which ordinary investors can tap into the expertise ... [Times Online - 23 hours ago]

Entities: RIT Capital Partners plc, Trojan horse, Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc, Alternative Assets

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

ThreatFire (formerly Cyberhawk) 4.7.11.18 (Ad-supported)

A comprehensive protection against viruses, spyware, trojans, intruders and other threats to PC security ( read more ) ... [Softpedia - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Trojan horse, Virus

Quotes

...bercriminals appear to be gearing up for a lucrative holiday season,' said Mike Kronenberg, chief technology officer of Webroot's Consumer business. "A particularly concerning trend is an increase in phishing Trojans - which can steal credit card numbers, passwords and other information -- in the months leading up to November, just as people begin thinking about buying gifts. Remember that hackers don't take a holiday; be aware of how they operate and protect yourself."

Webroot Alerts Online Shoppers To Holiday Cyberthreats: Data-Stealing Malware On The Rise [Dark Reading - 14 hours ago]

...to a network we wanted to put Cisco security in the palm of your hand,' Cisco manager of integrated marketing for security Michael Weir told AFP. "The app is made for IT security folks, but it is also for people that like to geek-out on security." Information channeled to iPhones through the SIO To Go application includes budding threats discerned from ongoing analysis of email and Internet traffic...

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone [PhysOrg.com - 22 hours ago]

...from thousands of compromised computers around the world," said Detective Inspector Colin Wetherill of the Met Police's Central e-Crime Unit. "The arrests represent a considerable breakthrough in our increasing efforts to combat online criminality." Detectives said the arrests were some of the first in the world and the first in Europe to combat the distribution and control of ZeuS...

London police makes an unprecedented arrest in the ZeuS Trojan investigation [Ecommerce Journal - 22 hours ago]

"Phishing Trojans, which can steal credit-card numbers, passwords and other information" are on the rise, Kronenberg said

Al Lewis: Holiday Sales Could Be Another Bad Rerun [FOXBusiness.com - 11/20/2009]

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For the best returns, follow the money [Times Online - 23 hours ago]
Chrome OS Security: Initial Impressions [Information Week - 23 hours ago]
Is Google Just Inviting Trouble? [Motley Fool - 11/20/2009]
Al Lewis: Holiday Sales Could Be Another Bad Rerun [FOXBusiness.com - 11/20/2009]
SpamTitan Technologies launches powerful web fi... [IT Backbones - 11/20/2009]
Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone ... [Yahoo! News - 11/20/2009]
Increase in Gumblar backdoors poses FTP credent... [CIO Decisions - 11/20/2009]
Cisco's web security app for iPhone [Economictimes - 11/20/2009]
Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone [France24 - Middle East - 11/20/2009]
Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone [France24 - culture - 11/20/2009]
Trojan Viruses [TechSpot - 11/20/2009]
Do the Xâs and Oâs Stand Up to th... [SFO - 11/20/2009]
Opinion: Why Chrome OS is no threat to Windows [TechRadar.com - 11/20/2009]
Why Do You Lose Data and Need a Data Recovery S... [Official Windows Magazine - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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PS3 to go 3D by 2011 [CNET News.com - 11/20/2009] Will 3D gaming help the PS3, or is it a gimmick?(Credit: Kotaku)Sony has a strategy for upping the quality of its content and providing an incentive for gamers to ...
Ryan Grim and Naomi Klein on MSNBC, Discuss FDL... [Firedoglake - 11/19/2009] I’ll be on MSNBC today at 3:30 — jh Harry Reid’s release of the Senate merged health care bill threatens to block out the sun today, but there actually is an important ...
USA Today, China Pushes Solar, Wind Development [The Market Oracle - 11/17/2009] Meanwhile, ask where the production is and what work we will be left with after we borrow money from China to create temporary jobs. [Nov 2, 2009: Lack of Green ...
John T. Halliday: Software Snakes On A Plane: A... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] "Never trust human life solely on software." -- Dr. Nancy G. Leveson, MIT Dateline: August 2005. Imagine that you're the captain of this Malaysia ...
Eric Margolis: The Dead Remind Europe Of The Fo... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009] Bellicose American neoconservatives invariably accuse Europeans of appeasement, reluctance to face combat in America's foreign wars. Few of them have ...

Audio/Video

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Stanford vs. USC Preview [CBS - YouTube - 11/11/2009]
Is it OK to like Chris Brown's new single featu... [Slate Magazine - 10/29/2009]
Is It OK To Like Chris Brown's New Single? [Slate Magazine - 10/29/2009]
"Trojan horse" to combat cancer [Reuters Video: Technology - 07/21/2009]

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