Bio-Hazard
05-03-2006, 02:47 PM
"Attackers hope to take over users' accounts, then make money by selling the players' in-game goods, such as weapons.
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By Gregg Keizer (gkeizer@ix.netcom.com)TechWeb.com (http://www.techweb.com/;jsessionid=J1SB4J04FBMJUQSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN)
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May 2, 2006 03:48 PM
A new password-stealing Trojan (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Trojan&x=&y=) targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday. MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Trojan horse&x=&y=) was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187002835
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By Gregg Keizer (gkeizer@ix.netcom.com)TechWeb.com (http://www.techweb.com/;jsessionid=J1SB4J04FBMJUQSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN)
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May 2, 2006 03:48 PM
A new password-stealing Trojan (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Trojan&x=&y=) targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday. MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Trojan horse&x=&y=) was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187002835