Security researchers have found more malware exploiting an unpatched Windows vulnerability via .LNK shortcut files. According to Sophos blog July 23, two other pieces of malware have been observed targeting the bug. One is a keylogging Trojan the company is calling Chymin-A that is “designed to steal information from infected computers.” The other is...
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Hackers have built a computer virus that attacks Siemens AG’s widely used industrial control systems, creating malicious software that analysts said can be used for espionage and sabotage. The German company said the malware is a Trojan worm dubbed Stuxnet that spreads via infected USB thumb drives, exploiting a yet-to-be-patched vulnerability in Microsoft Corp’s...
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In the latest update to Snow Leopard, Apple included software to protect Mac computers from a Trojan horse that has been distributed by attackers disguised as iPhoto, but which opens a back door on the machine, security firm Sophos said last week. When Apple released OS X 10.6.4 last week, the company said it...
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I’ve got good news and bad news for those of the misguided perception that Linux is somehow impervious to attack or compromise. The bad news is that it turns out a vast collection of Linux systems may, in fact, be pwned. The good news, at least for IT administrators and organizations that rely on...
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Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7. The attack was first spotted by BitDefender on Sunday and is not yet widespread; the antivirus vendor is receiving reports of about three installs per hour from its users in the U.S. But...
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Last week we reported that hackers were going after Google Chrome users by disguising trojans as browser extensions. Now they’re going after owners of that fancy new iPad, basically using the same email scheme as before but with a slight alteration. This time users are directed to download a software update by clicking on...
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A new variant of the Zbot/Zeus Trojan has been discovered, prompting one security specialist to call for improvements in malware protection. According to Trusteer, A leading provider of virus protection solutions, the discovery should encourage the virus and malware protection industry to ‘ratchet up’ its strategy. Mickey Boodaei, Trusteer’s chief executive, explained that the...
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Websense Security Labs has identified a trojan campaign spreading the Zeus software via email, with over 2200 messages seen as of 10 AM Eastern time today. The attack uses a malicious PDF file, using an embedded command that asks users to open another file when viewed. The attached PDF file asks to save a...
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A New York man was sentenced to three years imprisonment in connection to bank fraud charges for his role in a scheme that compromised online banking and brokerage accounts, the authorities said Wednesday. The sentencing of Aleksey Volynskiy marks the second defendant sentenced in the fraud that netted the defendants hundreds of thousands of...
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Either with ckrootkit or with rkhunter. chkrootkit: Either install the package that comes with your distribution (on Debian you would run apt-get install chkrootkit ), or download the sources from www.chkrootkit.org and install manually: wget –passive-ftp ftp://ftp.pangeia.com.br/pub/seg/pac/chkrootkit.tar.gz tar xvfz chkrootkit.tar.gz cd chkrootkit-/ make sense Afterwards, you can move the chkrootkit directory somewhere else, e.g....
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