Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Malicious Code / Phishing Alert

Websense Security Labs has received a sample of a new phishing Trojan that delivers stolen information back to the attacker via ICMP packets. Upon infection of a victim's computer, the Trojan will install itself as an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object (BHO). The BHO then waits for the user to post personal information to a monitored website. As this information is entered by the user, it is captured by the BHO and sent back to the attacker.

Read the entire article HERE.

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