Monday, 14. April 2008

Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites


Security researchers have unearthed more details about a Trojan that targets backend databases as well as desktop clients.

The Fribet Trojan has been planted on pro-Tibet websites, possibly using a Vector Markup Language flaw (MS07-004) patched by Microsoft early last year. When visitors to the pro-Tibet websites are infected, the Fribet Trojan creates a backdoor on compromised hosts.

theregister.co.uk

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