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Trojans steal YM accounts to scam in Vietnam
With stolen Yahoo Messenger accounts, scammers chat with victims' friends, exploit information and ask to buy a phone recharge card. At the same time, they spread the we…
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The new variant of the Storm Worm virus is spreading through the Internet
Information about a second variant of Small Trojan, also known as Storm Worm. Like the previous variant, this variant is also a mail bomber using a shared network to spr…
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PowerPoint is attacked by trojans
Security vendor VeriSign iDefense warns users to be cautious about PowerPoint files that falsify Christmas wishes, because it could be a file of a browser.
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'Merry Christmas to our heroes' - malicious code installation email
On Christmas Day (December 24), security firm iDefense issued a warning saying that a PowerPoint Christmas file was edited to merge malicious code, providing hackers Una…
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2007: Super sophisticated Trojan will be raging
The extremely sophisticated technique that this Trojan uses will become popular in 2007, a security expert warns. Named as
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Use Trojans to control your PC to get sex victims
Pretending to be a boy and fumbling into a chatroom, a 36-year-old man spoke to girls 13-16 years old and went into their computers to find sensitive files, then forced…
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McAfee spoofing spam to distribute trojans
Security experts say they have just stopped a new spam attack to spread a dangerous trojan that steals passwords.
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The Trojan couple has increased spam spread rates
The total amount of spam e-mail spread in the first three quarters of the year increased sharply. The reason is that two Trojans download maliciously, use a form of PC a…
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Alarm of dangerous bot, Trojan infection rate
The latest statistics from Microsoft show that backdoor Trojans and bots are really terrible dangers for Windows users. However, the rootkits infection rate is on the de…
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Sophisticated spam Trojan unmatched
Veteran security expert Joe Stewart thinks he has embraced malware until he comes across SpamThru Trojan, a malicious program designed to spread spam from infected compu…
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Samsung website contains Trojan
Security firm Websense has warned that the official website of Samsung Electronics in the US contains malicious software (malware). It is a trojan capable of recording k…
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Sophos alert for victims' webcam Trojans
Security firm Sophos has warned of hackers using webcam spyware to steal sensitive information from victims' machines, then threaten them with information.
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Trojans are a threat to users
In August, users faced seven new threats from Trojan Horse compared to the usual 10 dangers, a security company announced on Friday.
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Discover new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2000 package
Security firm Symantec has just announced on the weblog Security Response a vulnerability within the Microsoft Office 2000 suite, enabling a dangerous type of Trojan to…
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Apple fake Trojan sales announcement
Security firm SophosLabs has warned about the spread of a backdoor Trojan named Troj / Downdec-A. This Trojan takes advantage of an Apple sales announcement (about the i…