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Digital frame virus traced to China
A powerful virus recently discovered in digital photo frames
has been identified as a Chinese Trojan Horse that gathers
personal information. So far the Trojan Horse has simply
collected passwords for online games, but experts say the
designers might have larger targets in mind, the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer reported Monday. "It is a nasty worm that
has a great deal of intelligence," said Brian Grayek, who
heads product development at Computer Associates, a security
vendor that analyzed the Trojan Horse. The virus, which has
been named Mocmex, blocks ant-ivirus protection from more
than 100 vendors, as well as the security and firewall built
into Microsoft Windows. It spreads by hiding itself on photo
frames and other portable storage devices that are plugged
into an infected PC. The malware has "specific designs to
capture something and not leave traces," Grayek said. "This
would be a nuclear bomb" of malware. He added that the Trojan
has been traced to a specific group in China, but would not
name the group.
A powerful virus recently discovered in digital photo frames
has been identified as a Chinese Trojan Horse that gathers
personal information. So far the Trojan Horse has simply
collected passwords for online games, but experts say the
designers might have larger targets in mind, the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer reported Monday. "It is a nasty worm that
has a great deal of intelligence," said Brian Grayek, who
heads product development at Computer Associates, a security
vendor that analyzed the Trojan Horse. The virus, which has
been named Mocmex, blocks ant-ivirus protection from more
than 100 vendors, as well as the security and firewall built
into Microsoft Windows. It spreads by hiding itself on photo
frames and other portable storage devices that are plugged
into an infected PC. The malware has "specific designs to
capture something and not leave traces," Grayek said. "This
would be a nuclear bomb" of malware. He added that the Trojan
has been traced to a specific group in China, but would not
name the group.