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[Fergie's Tech Blog] Hackers Spamvertise World Cup Wallchart Trojan: A Trojan horse that poses as a World Cup wallchart has begun circulating on the net. The Haxdoor-IN Trojan horse is been spamvertised in messages, written in German, that purport a program that will allow fans to keep tab on football teams participating in next month's eagerly anticipated tournament.
[InfoWorld Tech Watch | InfoWorld] Sophos virus list not Christmas in June: The Zafi-D worm, which poses as a Christmas card greeting, made up more than a quarter of all viruses reported to Sophos in the first half of the year. Behind Zafi-D was NetSky-P worm, followed by the bilingual Sober-N worm, which poses as an offer for free tickets to the 2006 World Cup, in third place.
[News.zdnet.co.uk] Malware records banking passwords - ZDNet UK News: An attack that had used a vulnerability to turn some Web sites into points of digital infection was nipped in the bud Friday, when Internet engineers managed to shut down a Russian server that had been the source of malicious code. Compromised Web sites are still attempting to infect Web surfers' PCs by referring them to the server in Russia, but that computer can no longer be reached.
[Techworld.com] Techworld.com - World Cup Trojan kicks Germans: Moreover, security experts including Mikko Hypp"nen, chief research officer for antivirus research at F-Secure Corp., are concerned that the soccer tournament in Germany could also be fertile ground for mobile phone viruses if last year's World Athletics Championships in Finland, are any indication.
[Computerworld.com] Douglas Schweitzer | Computerworld Blogs: This latest Trojan horse sets up shop in commandeered computers and then demands a ransom payment from its victim. While the amount is not exorbitant ($10.99, payable via Western Union) those who fall prey are understandably horrified.
[Hackinthebox.org] Hack In The Box :: Keeping Knowledge Free: MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players. If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market"
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