Apple Trojan returns to haunt Mac users
A nasty Trojan that first hit Mac users just over a year ago has returned with sharpened teeth, a security company has revealed
'Ruthless' Trojan steals 500K bank, credit card log-ons
A sophisticated cybercrime group that's maintained an especially devious Trojan horse for nearly three years has stolen the log-ons to more than 300,000 online bank accounts and almost as many credit cards during that time, a security company said today.
Anatomy of a Spam Virus
A botnet created by a trojan virus is sometimes referred to as SpamThru.
According to the Don’t Bounce Spam organization, spammers have become very sophisticated in the way they manage their botnets , and the SpamThru Trojan is the leading example. In at least one case the botnet consisted of over 73,000 computers.
Apple iPhone 'game' contains Windows Trojan
Apple iPhone users are the latest target of hackers trying to infect Windows PCs, according to security firm Sophos.
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