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The first Trojan in history to steal Linux and Mac OS X passwords

22

Aug

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is reporting the emergence of the first cross-platform backdoor to run under Linux and Mac OS X. This malicious program is designed to steal passwords stored by a number of popular Internet applications. BackDoor.Wirenet.1 is the first such Trojan capable of running under any of these operating systems. It’s not […]

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Doctor Web offers help to users whose systems have been compromised by an archive-blocker Trojan

01

Aug

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about the large-scale spreading of a multi-component ransomware that has been dubbed Trojan.ArchiveLock.2. It uses the archiver WinRAR to make files inaccessible for users. Doctor Web’s analysts have found a way to recover a password to extract files compromised by certain versions of the Trojan horse. Trojan.ArchiveLock.2 […]

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Cross-platform Trojan controls Windows and Mac machines

25

Jul

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a dangerous cross-platform Trojan horse that provides criminals with full control over infected machines and can render a system non-operational. The malicious application, dubbed BackDoor.DaVinci.1, runs both in Windows and Mac OS X. Notably, the version for Mac OS X for the first time features rootkit […]

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