Wednesday, October 28, 2009

**Silon is targeting Internet Explorer!!


Silon is targeting Internet Explorer

A new malware variant called Silon is targeting Internet Explorerusers, attempting to intercept their sessions and steal credentials.Researchers at security vendor Trusteer Inc. issued an advisorywarning that the Silon Trojan can detect when a user initiates a Weblogin session in Internet Explorer. It intercepts the login session,encrypts the data and sends it to a command-and-control server whereit is collected with credentials from other victims..

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