Trojan planted on Chinese banking site

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Nov 20, 2006

Backdoor dropper sneaked onto bank card operator's servers.

News sources in China are reporting that the website of China UnionPay, a China-wide cross-bank credit card service used by over 170 million people, has been victim of a hacking attack which placed a backdoor trojan on its website.

The trojan, referred to by Rising Antivirus as 'Backdoor.Blackhole.2005.a', is described as old and easily removed by AV software. However, with the possibility of website users receiving the trojan without interaction via a drive-by download, and a risk of information leakage, those subjected to the threat are advised by official Chinese news agency Xinhua to ensure their AV software is up-to-date and activated.

The trojan is thought to have been discovered and removed within a day of being planted. Those responsible for the hack have yet to be identified.

Posted on 20 November 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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