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Tuesday, 24 January 2006 |
“Security teams from anti-spyware vendor Sunbelt Software have discovered a website application instructing hackers on how to build trojans designed to steal personal information.
“It’s totally geared at identity theft,” said Eric Sites, vice president of research and development for the Clearwater, Fla.-based company. “The trojan is specifically made to steal banking log-in information and to steal (confidential information) you use to purchase stuff online.”
Sunbelt researchers located the easy-to-use building kit as they were performing standard studies on a trojan, Sites said, as the variant sent stolen confidential information to the website containing the building program. Authorities have since shut down the website.” |
