[LINK] Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Thu Aug 3 08:58:15 AEST 2006


On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 08:21 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
> Identity theft virus infects 10,000 computers
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/virus-infects-10000-computers/ 
> 2006/08/02/1154198204613.html
> 
> > MORE than 10,000 Australian computers have been infected...

A search on AusCERT finds no hits for etax, tax or ATO. "Haxdoor" gets a
few hits, the most direct of which says the trojan is transmitted via
email as an attachment which must be opened.

Hm.

Regards, K.

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