Re: Run away! Run away!

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Robert Slade <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
> Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011 9:02 am
>
> > > Experts Warn of New 'Supertrojan' Computer Virus:
> > > http://bit.ly/f2uvne
> > > http://bit.ly/gZkErv
> >
> > Nothing to see here, move along...  :-)
>
>
> I suppose I should have been more explicit in the first message, but I did kind of wonder if anyone had the slightest 
> idea what might have sparked this?  Particularly from two separate media sources at the same time?

I think most of the hype is rooted in the continuing "merge" of ZeuS and SpyEye:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/02/revisiting-the-spyeyezeus-merger/

While it *is* happening, you know how the mainstream trade press likes
a good shocking headline. ;-)

- ferg


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