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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master

NRT-0248 New BotNet Targets iPhone Buyers:

A new botnet emerged last week that presents infected PC users with a phony web page selling iPhones, then steals any financial or personal information entered into the page. When the user of an infected PC goes to Apple's official iPhone web page to purchase the product, the malware instead displays a phony page designed to LOOK LIKE the authentic one. Any information entered in the phony page is captured by the botnet controller. PandaLabs said the botnet is sophisticated enough to divert search results for the iPhone to the phony site, and can even display pop-ups and banners to send users to the spoofed web site. The botnet is orchestrated by a Trojan called Aifone.A, according to PandaLabs, which estimated the current size of the botnet as around 7,500 PCs.

(computerworld.co.nz 16JUL07)

Last Modified: Tuesday, 31-Jul-2007 22:28:49 EDT