Seems like the big anti-virus boys are waking up to Korgo, the ‘phishing worm’ that F-Secure was warning about a few days ago. Symantec have just issued an advisory upgrading W32.Korgo.F, a new variant of the worm, from a Level 2 to a Level 3 threat. As Symantec says, W32.Korgo.F is a worm that attempts… Read More »
More on the phishing worm I mentioned in a previous post. Mikko H. Hypponen of F-Secure has passed on a little more information. He says it’s “pretty big, but still far away from outbreaks like Sasser or Mydoom”. So far “at least 50,000 machines are infected worldwide, possibly more”. He says Korgo does “specifically target… Read More »
I was just reading the new publication put out by the U.S. Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council on “Lessons Learned by Consumers, Financial Sector Firms, and Government Agencies during the Recent Rise of Phishing Attacks” (PDF here, page on Treasury website here). A rather wordy title for… Read More »
German police on Friday arrested two men: an 18-year old man in Rotenburg in connection with the Sasser worm, and a 21-year old who confessed to creating a bot called Agobot or Phatbot. A lot of folk believe the gang responsible for the Sasser worm may also be responsible for the Netsky worms, which have… Read More »
Phishing carries on, but it seems to be attracting the dregs of the scamming world as well as its masters. Here’s one I just received which must be in line for Worst Phishing Scam Of The Year Award: From: Branch Banking and Trust Company[SMTP:SERVICE@BBANDT.COM] Subject: Online banking issue Dear Branch Banking and Trust Company valued… Read More »