Archive for the ‘Trojan Horse’ Category

Virus, Trojan Creator - Turkojan

Monday, August 4th, 2008

By Spyware News (www.spywarenews.org) - Malware creators and third party trojan programs are not a new thing. Ever since the days of Sub7 and its ilk, novice hackers have already used freeware tools and programs that were created by other more experienced cyber criminals. But with the advent of ...

High School Hackers Use Trojan Program To Change Their Grades

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

By Spyware News www.spywarenews.org - A couple of teens from Tesoro High School in Orange County, California, are being charged with multiple felony charges after being caught of hacking into their school's computer network in order to infect it with spyware designed to monitor and change their grades. The teachers at ...

Trojan Adware Hiding in MP3s, McAfee Says

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Adware pushers have found a new way to trick you into downloading their annoying products: fake MP3 files. On Tuesday, security vendor McAfee reported that it's seen a huge spike in fake MP3 files spreading on peer-to-peer networks. Although the files have names that make them look like audio recordings, they're ...