Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Tags: Malware, Trojan | No Comments »
Harmful program Trojan-SMS.Python.Flocker for the first time has been found out last week; for today several updates of it are detected.
It is known that many operators of a mobile communication render the subscribers service in transfer of means from one account on another by means of special commands. Such function also is used by the new trojan: after penetration on the smartphone under control of operating system Symbian OS the harmful program starts to send SMS with instructions about remittance.
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Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Tags: Malware, Trojan | No Comments »
Intego company , the developer of security software for Mac OS X, warns about occurrence of the pirated version of office package iWork ‘ 09, containing the Trojan program.
According to Intego, the pirated release of iWork ‘ 09 has been downloaded through file exchange networks at least 20 thousand times. In the course of package installation in the computer registers trojan OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, allocated with the rights of the administrator. After activation the malicious program communicates with the authors and opens a «back door» in system. It allows malefactors to carry out various destructive operations on the computer of a victim. Besides, trojan can load additional components.
Company Intego underlines that the harmful program is not capable to extend independently. Infection occurs only in the event that the owner of “Poppy” himself activates process of installation of the piracy version iWork ‘ 09.
Posted: January 13th, 2009 | Tags: Malware, Security, Trojan | No Comments »
Recently, users of Mac-computers were in safety concerning harmful programs, now this situation starts to change. And not in the best direction. Recently founders of harmful codes are involved more and more with Apple computers, and experts on safety even more often declare the next dangerous program. So, the new Trojan horse working under OS X Tiger and Leopard, can steal the password, avoid definition, bring in a broad gull everything that users have typed and even to make their photo.
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