Spyware for the Masses

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1. Spyware for the Masses Stealing personal information on the Internet is becoming easier, thanks to do-it-yourself kits and tutorials.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Spitzer Files Spyware Suit New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer claims a New York firm secretly installed millions of spyware programs on computers.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Targeted Trojan Attacks Gaining Momentum The era of the mass-mailing worm dominating all other malware in the Wild may be coming to an end. Trojan horses aimed at specific targets are increasing in number and severity.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 4. DoJ: 3.6M Households Hit With ID Theft New government statistics claim losses mounted to $3.2 billion in six-month period.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Are Hackers Going Beyond Zero-Day Attacks? eSecurityPlanet Columnist Ken van Wyk was surprised by the sophistication of a recent phishing attack. Will hackers soon be moving beyond zero-day attacks into 'neg-day' attacks?

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------------------------------------------------------------ 6. 4/5: PurScan-AV Trojan Links To Server Troj/PurScan-AV is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 7. 4/5: Rbot-CZT Worm has Back Door W32/Rbot-CZT is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 8. 4/5: Brontok-Z Worm Mass Mails to Contacts For the second time in less than a month, anti-virus software vendor Sophos has issued an alert for W32/Brontok-Z, a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 9. 4/5: SymbOS-Onejump-A a Cell Phone Trojan SymbOS-Onejump-A is a Trojan horse that runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 10. 4/5: Backdoor-Ripiner Trojan OKs Access Backdoor-Ripiner is a back door Trojan horse that provides unauthorized access to the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 11. 4/5: Trojan-Acdropper Executes 2nd Trojan Trojan-Acdropper is a Trojan horse that drops and executes a copy of Backdoor-Ripiner, (a back door Trojan horse that provides unauthorized access to the compromised computer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 12. 4/5: Rbot-CZT Worm Has Backdoor Ability W32/Rbot-CZT is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 13. 4/5: Madtol-A Trojan Lets Other Malware Run Troj/Madtol-A is a Trojan that allows other malware to run on the system without being detected.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 4/5: DwnLdr-AKR Trojan Still in the Wild For the second time in less than a month, antivirus software vendor Sophos has issued an alert for Troj/DwnLdr-AKR, a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 15. 4/4: Small-Boo Trojan Arrives as Download Troj-Small-Boo is a Trojan that arrives as a file downloaded from the Internet by an unsuspecting user when visiting malicious Web sites.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 16. 4/4: Areses-A a Mass-Mailing Worm W32-Areses-A@mm is a mass-mailing worm.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 17. 4/4: Brontok-AE a Mass-Mailing Worm W32/Brontok-AE is a mass-mailing worm for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 18. 4/4: Symbos-Onejump-A is Symbian Malware Symbos-Onejump-A is Symbian malware that arrives via manual data transfer.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 19. 4/4: Trojan-Sufiage Targets Websites Trojan-Sufiage is a Trojan horse that targets predetermined websites.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 20. 4/4: Sdbot-BHP Worm Also an IRC Trojan W32/Sdbot-BHP is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 21. 4/4: Dloadr-SX Trojan Links With Server Troj/Dloadr-SX is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 22. 4/4: JS/FeebsZip-Fam Files Contain Malware JS/FeebsZip-Fam is a family of zip files containing Feebs malware that drops or downloads further executables in the same family.

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------------------------------------------------------------ 23. 4/4: Spybot-IS Worm Has Backdoor Ability W32/Spybot-IS is a worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

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