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• Hackers reverse engineer German cop trojan

  European ‘hacker club’, the Chaos Computer Club, has claimed to have reverse engineered a sample of German authorities’ lawful intercept malware, Quellen-TKÜ, and found that besides eavesdropping on Skype conversations it also captures screenshots and logs keystrokes.

• Protestors rig Android dog-fight app with ‘rabies’ trojan

  Symantec believes animal rights protestors against the “Dog Wars” app for Android were behind a fake version that has been laced with a Trojan.

• McAfee, RSA: the entire Fortune 500 is compromised

  Every major corporation harbouring valuable information has been compromised, but only some know it, according to executives at McAfee and RSA.

• Credit card vulnerability still alive and well - AusCERT 2011

  Global banks are yet to solve a vulnerability in the Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) integrated circuit standard first rolled out in 2003, allowing hackers to place Trojan devices on point of sale hardware to harvest user and credit card information.

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  Linux Trojan raises malware concerns

  I've got good news and bad news for those of the misguided perception that Linux is somehow impervious to attack or compromise.

• Windows 7 'compatibility checker' is a Trojan

  Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7.

• Massive bot attack spoofs Facebook password messages

  A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers.

• Gaming mouse-maker Razer hit with infected firmware

  Gamers trying to update their mouse or keyboard drivers from accessory maker Razer USA's Web site recently may have gotten more than they bargained for.

• Trojan hides its brain in Google Groups

  Virus writers keep getting sneakier. In an effort to evade detection, they've begun hiding their command and control instructions in legitimate Web 2.0 sites such as Google Groups and Twitter.

• FBI investigating laptops sent to US governors

  There may be a new type of Trojan Horse attack to worry about.

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  Researcher reveals massive 'professional thieving' botnet

  A ferocious piece of malware that's infected up to a million PCs is stealing a "tremendous" amount of financial information from consumers and businesses that log on to their bank, stock broker, credit card, insurance, job hunting and favorite e-shopping sites, a noted botnet researcher said today.

• New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud

  A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

• New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud

  A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

• Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack

  Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that tries to infect PCs with malicious software, according to security vendor Websense.

• Pirated Windows 7 software part of criminal botnet

  Microsoft Windows 7 pirated versions have been found with hard-to-detect trojans intended for cybercrime purposes, according to a security firm.