Spyware Disguises Itself as Firefox Extension

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "The antivirus specialists at McAfee have warned of a Trojan that disguises itself as a Firefox extension. The trojan installs itself as a Firefox extension, presenting itself as a legitimate existing extension called numberedlinks. It then begins intercepting passwords and credit card numbers entered into the browser, which it then sends to an external server. The most dangerous part of the issue is that it records itself directly into the Firefox configuration data, avoiding the regular installation and confirmation process."

Comments

Re:Why is mozdev.org still...

[bermabloeme]

If that guy does get a bad rep it'll be because of lazy people like you who cannot be bothered to read an article on mozdev

Where on mozdev.org does it mention this issue?!? Right now, all it shows is the typical download page.

And, why isn't there a big fucking WARNING saying that there is a problem?!

So, what you're saying is that EVERYTHING on mozdev.org and mozilla.org should be suspect? And I should research everything that I may download from those organzations because they may be tainted? I don't have the time. I have a life.

Or for that matter, anything that's produced by F/OSS?

Really, how far do I have to go?

Re:Not a vulnerability.

[wgaryhas]

Not suprising, for an MCSE you need to be able to click [OK] [OK] [OK] [Finish]. Never heard of Route Print before, got to learn something new today.