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Security software company Symantec has reported phishing sites posing as secure financial websites may download keylogging software — hardly news, except that these sites are freshly exploiting security holes in QuickTime, Apple’s popular multimedia playing software, and WinZip, a Windows utility for file compression and decompression.
Symantec reported their find during the second week of May 2007, after one of their PCs used as bait was infected through these vulnerabilities, even though the WinZip security hole was found as early as November 2006, and the QuickTime security hole is circa January 2007 (a security patch is available).
[Via CNET]
Anti-phishing and anti-spyware bill Internet Spyware Prevention Act — or “I-Spy” — has been reintroduced to US House of Representatives by Representatives Bob Goodlatte and Zoe Lofgren.
I-Spy proposes up to five years in prison for violators who place software on computers that transfers personal user information without the user’s knowledge, or software that weakens a PC’s security.
I-Spy’s died twice before it reached the Senate floor — we’re thinking it’s not just because of concerned online advertisers, but largely, as CNET points out, that “the most worrisome forms of spyware already are illegal. The Federal Trade Commission has told politicians it already possesses broad authority to punish any fraudulent and deceptive adware or spyware practices with fines, and has sued spyware purveyors in the past.”
Read CNET’s full “House tries again for antispyware bill” article »
OnlineStability.com is a website that may be a browser hijacker spawned from Zlob.Trojan. When you’re infected with Zlob.Trojan, Zlob.Trojan may create false security alerts about your PC being in danger, and Zlob.Trojan may then redirect you and change your home page to www.OnlineStability.com. OnlineStability.com may promote rogue anti-spyware software, and may automatically download and install malware such as WinAntiVirus Pro 2006, ErrorSafe, SystemDoctor, and DriveCleaner. OnlineStability.com may also launch numerous popup ads to try to trick you into buying malware.
Blogger.com, a popular blogging software and system owned by Internet company Google, may play host to a number of phishing websites.
Some of these phishing sites may include a false pharmacy e-storefront, which may be having traffic driven to it through a mass mailing worm. There may also be numerous spam sites on Blogger.com, [...]
BInet is an Internet Explorer BHO (”Browser Helper Object”) that might redirect your error pages and web search requests to its parent server. BInet may also install other files onto your computer and BInet may also launch popup advertisements.
Trojan.Obfus.Gen may be a harmful Trojan that is designed to attack your computer by opening a channel to pipe damaging adware and spyware directly into your computer’s hard drive. Trojan.Obfus.Gen may open up a large security hole on your computer, making you exceptionally vulnerable to hacker attacks and putting your personal and financial data at risk. Trojan.Obfus.Gen may be associated with a number of rogue anti-spyware programs and applications.
SlimToolbar may be an adware program that may embed itself onto your Internet browser and hide itself within your browser’s settings. In Internet Explorer, SlimToolbar may be disguised as a Browser Helper Object (“BHOâ€Â), which may make it difficult to detect and remove. SlimToolbar may track all of your search requests, and may redirect your results to threatening websites. SlimToolbar may also generate large amounts of popup ads, which may lead to your system’s instability and may slow down your computer.
Trojan.Dropper-Delf is a Trojan that may threaten your personal and financial information. Trojan.Dropper-Delf may open up a security hole in your computer and may download large amounts of spyware and adware that automatically install themselves onto your system. By doing this, Trojan.Dropper-Delf may create a large enough security hole for anonymous attackers to easily steal your information and extract sensitive data.
TrustyHound is a type of malware that may provide your computer with a search engine in your system’s tram. TrustyHound may collect your computer’s information and send it to its remote parent server. TrustyHound does not usually distribute itself; TrustyHound must be manually installed. TrustyHound comes with its own uninstaller that works. TrustyHound may creat a lot of links on your desktop and start menu to certain Internet sites.
Dialer.On is a dialer that may cause significant damage to your computer files and lead to expensive telephone bills. Dialer.On is a pornographic dialer that may automatically connect to expensive international phone numbers through your computer’s modem. Once Dialer.On is connected, it amy begin to download excessive amounts of pornographic content onto your computer that may be difficult to remove.