Keylogger Trojan hits Brazilian banking sites
Mouse-aware malware expected to spread beyond borders
March 16, 2006 12:00 PM ETComputerworld Australia - A new, advanced keylogging Trojan horse targeting users of financial Web sites can record mouse clicks as well as keystrokes, warns PC Tools.
The Trojan, a variant of PWSteal.Bancos.Q, has so far affected only Brazilian banking sites, but is likely to spread, according to PC Tools' malware research center which discovered the trojan Wednesday.
The Trojan monitors users' Internet usage, collects all log-in information entered by users on financial Web sites via mouse clicks and keystrokes and then sends that information back to the author of the Trojan.
"Many online banking sites have instituted the use of virtual keyboards in an effort to avoid keylogger infections. With this new variant of the keylogger threat, however, PC Tools cautions this security measure may not be sufficient," said PC Tools spokesperson Magida Ezzat. More information about the threat can be found on the PC Tools site.
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