Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise

Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-10-13

MONTRÉAL - On December 1, 2005, two e-mail messages were sent from a computer in Western Australia to members of two different human rights organizations. Each e-mail message carried a Microsoft Word document with a previously unknown exploit that would take control of the targeted person's computer and open up a beachhead into the group's network.

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Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise 2006-10-13
Anonymous

Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise 2006-10-16
DeadOnArrival

Who's to blame? 2006-10-16
assurbanipal

Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise 2006-10-19
Juha-Matti Laurio

One trend related to these targeted attacks is that attackers start exploiting Office 0-day vulnerabilities on Friday evening - when it's very difficult to reach IT support.

They really know how to get the best "result".

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Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise 2006-10-28
Emil (1 replies)

Re: Targeted Trojan attacks on the rise 2006-11-30
Anonymous