Sinowal Trojan
The Sinowal Trojan is a virus that is amongst the most advanced inventions of cyber crime. It infects your computer and you don’t even know it is there.
Hackers used it to steal crucial information about approximately 500,000 online bank accounts and cards (credit and debit).
The RSA first detected the Windows Sinowal in 2006, and since then it has continued infecting computers in countries such as the US, UK, Australia and Poland.
The Trojan virus uses an infection method that is known under the name of “drive-by downloads”, and your computer will be affected even if you access a website that has been coded with a Sinowal code.
The main problem with this virus is that, although it has been discovered two years ago, there is no way of stopping it, since its creators are constantly releasing new variants to stay ahead of time.
The issue is now under law enforcement agencies jurisdiction, but they are also having a hard time finding out information about who is behind Sinowal.
Since May of 2008, Sinowal has infected over 100,000 web pages and it is estimated that it keeps infecting a few thousands a day, which means one every few seconds.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on November 3, 2008
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