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Poison Ivy Trojan used in RSA SecurID attack still popular

2013-08-22 13:42:57| InfoWorld: Top News

A malicious software tool perhaps most famously used to hack RSA's SecurID infrastructure is still being used in targeted attacks, according to security vendor FireEye. Poison Ivy is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that was released eight years ago but is still favored by some hackers, FireEye wrote in a new report released Wednesday. It has a familiar Windows interface, is easy to use and can log keystrokes, steal files and passwords.

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Dangerous Linux Trojan could be sign of things to come

2013-08-12 13:46:49| InfoWorld: Top News

Desktop Linux users accustomed to a relatively malware-free lifestyle should get more vigilant in the near future -- a researcher at RSA has detailed the existence of the "Hand of Thief" Trojan, which specifically targets Linux.

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Kasperksy discovers most sophisticated Android Trojan

2013-06-08 18:55:04| Wireless - Topix.net

Kaspersky Labs recently posted at the SecureList.com blog page that they have discovered what appears to be "the most sophisticated Android Trojan," the Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a Roman Unuchek, a Kaspersky Lab Expert, wrote that the Android Trojan is "a multi-functional Trojan, capable of the following: sending SMS to premium-rate numbers; ... (more)

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New Android Trojan app exploits previously unknown flaws, researchers say

2013-06-07 18:02:45| InfoWorld: Top News

A newly discovered Trojan program exploits previously unknown flaws in Android and borrows techniques from Windows malware in order to evade detection and achieve persistence on infected devices. Security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab named the new malicious application Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a and labeled it the most sophisticated Android Trojan program to date.

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