Welcome Guest ( Log In | Click here to Register a free account now! )
Welcome to Bleeping Computer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.![]() ![]() |
Jul 23 2004, 02:21 PM
Post
#1
|
|
![]() Bleepin' Conundrum ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,575 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
Osama bin Laden's name to convince people to open a file containing a Trojan horse called Hackarmy. (From Google News) -------------------- |
|
|
|
Jul 23 2004, 02:58 PM
Post
#2
|
|
![]() Guru at being a Newbie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Site Admin Posts: 5,714 Joined: 8-April 04 Member No.: 96 |
Thanks for the warning. More "social engineering". This isn't the first time someone has tried to trick people by revealing a "secret" about developments involving bin laden. Looks like this time instead of inticing people to open an attachment, the rumor is being spread on message boards!
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/origi...i995232,00.html QUOTE A file posing as photographic evidence that Osama Bin Laden has killed himself is in fact infected by the Hackarmy Trojan horse, according to Sophos. The Lynnfield, Mass.-based IT security firm said thousands of messages have been posted on Internet message boards and Usenet newsgroups. It claims CNN journalists found the terrorist leader's hanged body earlier this week, but that the photographs have not been officially made public because the U.S. government wants to verify it's Bin Laden. The messages point to a Web site where a file can be downloaded, purporting to contain photographs. In reality the file contains the Trojan, which can allow hackers to gain remote control of the victim's computer. We'll keep a look out for any one posting such garbage here. According to Sophos this is not a new trojan--they've detected it since Jan.--just new social engineering. Here's their description of Troj/Hackarmy-A: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojhackarmya.html -------------------- You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers To stay secure is to stay updated. Calendar of Updates. |
|
|
|
![]() ![]() |
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 29th August 2008 - 12:39 AM |