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Campus Computing NewsPassword Stealing Zbot Trojan Spams CampusBy Gabe Marshall, Information Security AnalystIn the past month we (CITC Information Security) have noticed a larger than normal amount of emails containing a popular trojan by the name of Zeus Zbot.* The bot has been around for some time in many different variants, but most recently has been coming in the form of “eCards” or fake Microsoft updates. Once the trojan has infected a machine, it will open up remote access to whomever distributed this variant. With remote access, this nefarious program will be able to steal user credentials as well as capture web traffic data. We would like to remind everyone to take extreme caution when opening attachments you may find in the emails you receive. Remember, the source of an email can easily be forged in order to trick you into believing the email and its attachments are legitimate. Lastly, email notices of Microsoft updates (or any software, actually) are most likely malicious whether they contain file attachments or links to external websites. *Number of UNT workstations infected in June 2009 (various malware): 5 Number of UNT workstations infected in July 2009 (due to Zbot trojan): 21
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