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Gozi
Trojan
A new Trojan has recently
surfaced among several computer users and it's important that you keep
an eye out for it as well. This one goes by the name of Gozi and it was
announced around the date of March 20, 2007. The problems with the Gozi
Trojan are actually being caused by Russian malware authors. Evidently,
they have found new ways to access and profit from what is supposed to
be safe SSL/TLS
data.
The hackers are able
to steal SSL data by using an advanced Winsock2 functionality and a new
Trojan code. The Gozi Trojan works to basically collect sensitive data,
including information from online purchases, financial accounts, healthcare
accounts, etc. This Trojan is also said to have mostly exploited the Internet
Explorer Web browser, but it's always possible that it has moved to others
as well.
While this threat
has hit some home computer users, it has mostly been found through accounts
with top financial, retail, healthcare and government services. Also,
there is an active law enforcement investigation taking place right now
in regards to the Gozi Trojan, so there are many people working to nip
this thing in the bud. Now, just because I told you all of this, please
don't panic. If you're running an antivirus program on your computer,
you should be just fine. If you run your scans frequently, you will be
safe. I only wrote this tip so you all would have some basic information
about this Trojan. That's better than nothing, right?!
~ Erin
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