trojan nabs 500,000 virtual wallets
Tags: trojan
Received:: November 6, 2008 | Category:: regnad
the register
In all, the trojan has infected at least 300,000 Windows machines and stolen 270,000 online banking account numbers and 240,000 credit and debit credentials.
Sinowal is impressive for other reasons as well. Unlike many trojans, it doesn’t rely on tricking the end user into clicking on a link or file to get installed. Rather, it spreads silently via websites that prey on unpatched vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system or in third-party applications, such as Adobe Flash and Apple’s QuickTime media player.