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Re: Re: Microsoft AntiSpyware falling further behind
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:28:36 -0400
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:56:32 +0300, Valdis Shkesters said: (Hmm.. usually when I reply to Valdis I'm talking to myself... ;)
As today I was preparing news for a portal on IT security, I am informed that Anti-Spyware Coalition is finalizing spyware definition. It is last moment to finalize with spyware, because at the horizon already has appeared crimeware. Take a look at http://www.antiphishing.org/. Im quoting: Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware. Maybe it would be better to call Trojan horses Trojan horses?
No, because they're different. Trojan horses (a) get installed under pretense of being something wanted or beneficial ("Hey, I'm a neat fun codec that lets you view these movies...") and (b) once there, gives the attacker a "back door" into the system, to do unspecified things (run commands, launch DDoS attacks, send spam, scan for other vulnerable software, upload plugins to extend the Trojan's functionality, or whatever). Spyware, on the other hand (a) *may* be installed via Trojan Horse means, but may also be forcibly inserted on a system via a software vulnerability, or added in via the above-mentioned plugin method by an already-present Trojan, and (b) is software that monitors system activity (keystrokes, screen pixmaps, etc) in an effort to acquire credentials or other sensitive information.
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