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Sykipot Trojan Variant Stealing DoD Smartcard Credentials

Posted by Soulskill on from the tax-money-well-spent dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "A new research report says variants of the Sykipot Trojan have been found that can steal Dept. of Defense smartcard credentials. The research, published in a blog post Thursday, is the latest by Alien Vault to look at Sykipot, a Trojan horse program known to be used in targeted attacks against the defense industry. The new variants, which Alien Vault believes have been circulating since March, 2011, have been used in 'dozens of attacks' and contain features that would allow remote attackers to steal smart card credentials and access sensitive information."

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  1. That's what they want you to think by dak664 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is a trojan within the trojan to guide the black helicopters to your home. In fact I risk the BSOD just posting this.

  2. Re:vulnerability in the Adobe Reader by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Per the Article:

    >> The Trojan is delivered to target systems in a corrupted PDF attached to spear-phishing e-mail messages. The PDFs exploited a previously unknown software vulnerability in the Adobe Reader program, the company said.

    Is it just me, or is a program whose purpose (for the vast majority of users) is just to open a document to print turned into a gigantic bloated mess that was far better 10 years ago?

    reminds me of your moms vag. A gigantic bloated mess that was far better 10 years ago.

    I can assure you, your mom's is still looking as good today as it was 10 years ago!