Trojan Blocks Access to BitTorrent Sites
Jan 5, 2009 Internet, Security
A new type of trojan has apparently popped up at several torrent sites. This trojan blocks access to The Pirate Bay and Mininova and informs its victims that “downloading is wrong.” It does so by modifying the hosts file on your computer and redirect the BitTorrent sites to localhost, making them impossible to load.
[Via TorrentFreak]
Tags: Internet
Computer virus in space
Aug 30, 2008 Security, Software, Space
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the International Space Station (ISS) in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.
The virus lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games.
Nasa said that the ISS was not at risk from the virus.
The laptops infected with the virus were used to run nutritional programs and let the astronauts periodically send e-mail back to Earth.
[Via BBC]
Google Calendar Phishing
Jul 1, 2008 Google, Internet, Security
Last week, Philipp Lenssen wrote that he had been the target of a phishing attempt via Google Calendar.
He received an e-mail from “customer care” to his Gmail account where he was asked to verify his account by supplying his user name and password.
This Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Gmail accounts so we are shutting down some Gmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. (…)
You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
[Via Blogoscoped]