Saturday, March 18, 2006
Hackers and virus creators use new virus to gain remote control
The daily telegraph says that COMPUTER hackers have developed a way of recording mouse clicks, as well as keystrokes, using a new form of virus.
Hackers have created thousands of viruses that collect keyed-in login information, such as bank account passwords, after infecting a computer.
The viruses, known as keylogging trojans, monitor internet usage, collect login information entered by users via keystrokes and send the information back to the author of the trojan. The new trojan, a variant of PWSteal. Bancos.Q, detects mouse movements and takes snapshots of certain banking web pages in a bid to collect passwords and other information. The virus is aimed at banks that use virtual keyboards.
Source text: Daily Telegraph
# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 11:06 PM 
