Posts Tagged ‘Trojan’
IN THE HEADLINES: 12 Things You Can Do to Avoid Banking Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 30, 2012
With the recent news of the emergence of new and even more potent forms of banking Trojans, it’s time to start taking this threat seriously. Banking Trojans are a highly sophisticated type of malware capable of attacking and emptying online bank accounts without leaving much of a trace; or much in your account. If you [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Zeus Trojan Strikes Again
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2012
It’s been a couple of years since I first started writing about Zeus, a very dangerous new type of banking Trojan that was blamed for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts across the country. And only last week I wrote about Zeus again, and how a dangerous new variant added a whole [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New Worm Threatens Bank Accounts
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 19, 2012
Just as a new variety of the Zeus banking Trojan emerged to threaten bank accounts in a creative new way, researchers in Israel report the growth of a close cousin, a computer worm, which may be targeting Facebook accounts as a way to also break into bank accounts. The worm is called Ramnit and was [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Banking Trojans Continue Their March
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 22, 2011
There seems to be no end to the damage that can be inflicted by banking Trojans, a very dangerous type of malware highly favored by all kinds of crooks because of the ease with which they can infect computers, empty bank accounts, and enrich the crooks. Some of whom may be on the other side [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: A Busy Month for New Malware
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 28, 2011
You’ve probably never heard of a downloader Trojan, but think of them as the domestiques of the crybercrime world. In cycling, domestques are cyclists whose primary goal is not to win the race but to help their best cyclists win. Cybercrooks are now emulating this idea with the distribution of a Trojan whose primary role [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Zeus Banking Trojan Circulating on Facebook
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 13, 2011
This is certainly a piece of malware that you don’t want on your computer, because its next stop will be your bank account. Zeus is part of a family of what are referred to as banking Trojans. This particular type of malware has wreaked havoc on bank security systems over the last few years, costing [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Beware of Android Malware Fake Fix
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 22, 2011
Last week I wrote about how the DroidDream Trojan had quickly turned into a nightmare for Android based phones worldwide. Luckily Google quickly announced the availability of a security download designed to clean dozens of Trojan-infected apps from smartphones. And just as quickly, the criminal underground released its own version of Google’s Trojan remover that [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Dawn of the Mac Attack
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 16, 2011
It’s here, finally. The threat everyone — or at least Mac users — said would never happen. Security experts have just discovered what appears to be the first serious Trojan backdoor developed specifically for the Mac. So now Mac users can feel just as special and vulnerable as the rest of us. According to researchers, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Smartphone Insecurity
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 2, 2011
Depending on what you hear in the media, you might be confused about smartphone security. Are they safe or not? You have a right to be perplexed, because so too are most security experts– particularly with the discovery of the data stealing and bank robbing Zeus Trojan now targeting smartphones. Security experts in Europe are [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: My Big Fat Zero Liability
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 3, 2011
I’m sure you’re probably familiar with the notion of “zero liability” – that vague promise by your bank, credit union, or credit card company to not hold you liable for any fraudulent charges on your account. At least, not more than the first $50, and even this is usually waived. Zero liability was driven simply [...]
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