Tigger.A Trojan Quietly Steals Stock Traders' Data 212
**$tarDu$t** recommends a Washington Post Security Fix blog post dissecting the Tigger.A trojan, which has been keeping a low profile while exploiting the MS08-66 vulnerability to steal data quietly from online stock brokerages and their customers. An estimated quarter million victims have been infected. The trojan uses a key code to extract its rootkit on host systems that is almost identical to the key used by the Srizbi botnet. The rootkit loads even in Safe Mode. "Among the unusually short list of institutions specifically targeted by Tigger are E-Trade, ING Direct ShareBuilder, Vanguard, Options XPress, TD Ameritrade, and Scottrade. ... Tigger removes a long list of other malicious software titles, including the malware most commonly associated with Antivirus 2009 and other rogue security software titles ... this is most likely done because the in-your-face 'hey, your-computer-is-infected-go-buy-our-software!' type alerts generated by such programs just might ... lead to all invaders getting booted from the host PC."
looks like it may be (Score:5, Funny)
Oblig... (Score:5, Funny)
Does it make your computer bounce up and down on its tail too?
a quarter million !!! (Score:5, Funny)
Here's the sum total of the knowledge gained... (Score:4, Funny)
Stocks are going down. Don't buy stock.
The real question is... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:a quarter million !!! (Score:5, Funny)
I though the most wonderful thing about Tiggers was that there was only one of them
It's a very large quantity of one.
Re:looks like it may be (Score:4, Funny)
Re:a quarter million !!! (Score:5, Funny)
I though the most wonderful thing about Tiggers was that there was only one of them
There are many copies. And they have a plan.
And... (Score:2, Funny)
...nothing of value was lost.
Re:sourcing the problem (Score:5, Funny)
find someone who was recently in debt, and is now very much out of debt
Agreed, let's go after the bailout recipients.
dude (Score:5, Funny)
you just described the entire slashdot demographic
Re:a quarter million !!! (Score:2, Funny)
Their stocks are made out of rubber
Their brokers are made out of springs!
They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!
Re:Here's the sum total of the knowledge gained... (Score:4, Funny)
Of course not. You should wait until they're at their 10-year peak and then buy them.
Hey, that's my investment strategy! So far it isn't working out so well, but I'm starting a website "ShortMyPortfolio.com". If past performance is any indication, it should be the best investment advice available at any price.
Re:Hmm... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm okay with this worm stealing data so long as it put a little more effort into it: you know, it could introduce itself as Prince Leta Matobo living in exile in Ghana, spend some time building up a rapport, and then start making suggestions about making billions of dollars using 100% guaranteed modalities.
This automated stealing of data is just bullshit.
yes but (Score:3, Funny)
you nailed the whole "socially under-developed" bit, since you just responded with great seriousness to a throwaway joke
Re:looks like it may be (Score:4, Funny)
You use Antivirus 2009, too? Cool.
Re:Oblig... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm the only one
Hmmmmm... considering that it removes a long list of other malware, that's surprisingly accurate.
Unethical (Score:3, Funny)
Man, that's just unethical. What's the world coming to?
But look on the bright side - even though honour among thieves is gone, at least the banking world lives on.
Re:Now what we really need... (Score:5, Funny)
That's a bit harsh. McAffee does a perfectly good job of preventing me doing reasonable things with my own PC like installing programs, running Windows update and using bluetooth to sync with my phone. I wouldn't call that "nothing".