Latest Trojan 'Phishes' For Personal Data
A new trojan that's an offshoot of a recently discovered Internet worm is attempting to empty PC users' bank accounts by duping them into disclosing personal information, an anti-virus company said Friday.
Mmdload-A was distributed apparently through a mass mailing in an attempt to trick people into downloading the recently discovered Mimail-N worm, Sophos said.
The trojan is the latest looking to gather PC users' personal financial data, so that "the bad guys can completely drain their bank accounts," Chris Belthoff, senior security analyst at the Lynnfield, Mass.-based company, said.
