09.19.09
Gemini version available ♊︎Security Links: Another Hospital Falls Prey to Windows Spyware; Another Trojan and Botnet
Summary: A batch of news on the subject of security
• Misdirected spyware infects Ohio hospital
He allegedly sent the spyware to the woman’s Yahoo e-mail address, hoping that it would give him a way to monitor what she was doing on her PC. But instead, she opened the spyware on a computer in the hospital’s pediatric cardiac surgery department, creating a regulatory nightmare for the hospital.
• World’s nastiest trojan fools AV software
One of the world’s nastiest password-stealing trojans evades detection by the majority PCs running anti-virus programs, according to a study that examined 10,000 machines.
• Bahama Botnet Discovered as Source of Click Fraud Surge
Click Forensics discovers a botnet behind a significant spike of click fraud traffic. As in the recent scam making use of NYTimes.com, attackers are using fake antivirus software to infect PCs.