Posted on 03/10/2009 7:21:51 AM PDT by Gomez
"A relatively unknown data-stealing Trojan horse program that has claimed more than a quarter-million victims in the span of a few months aptly illustrates the sophistication of modern malware and the importance of a multi-layered approach to security," Brian Krebs reports for The Washington Post.
"When analysts at Sterling, Va., based security intelligence firm iDefense first spotted the trojan they call 'Tigger.A' in November 2008, none of the 37 anti-virus products they tested it against recognized it. A month later, only one - AntiVir - detected it," Krebs reports.
"That virtual invisibility cloak, combined with a host of tricks designed to elude forensic malware examiners, allowed Tigger to quietly infect more than 250,000 Microsoft Windows systems, according to iDefense's read of log files recovered from one of the Web servers Tigger uses to download code," Krebs reports.
"iDefense analyst Michael Ligh found that Tigger appears designed to target mainly customers or employees of stock and options trading firms," Krebs reports. "Among the unusually short list of institutions specifically targeted by Tigger are E-Trade, ING Direct ShareBuilder, Vanguard, Options XPress, TD Ameritrade and Scottrade."
So neither of the people in the country using Macs to trade were effected by this? Amazing?
I may go back to low tech banking & trading.
As one of the “two”, I have to tell you that whatever “extra cost” you think was associate with my Mac, has just been more than justified.
You see, I am one of those strange people who are willing to pay a bit more up front and then reap the lower cost of ownership for years.
DW and I have a guest coming and we I tried to get a 2 year old Windows laptop running for her to use while she is here. It only took about 6 hours and a new anti-virus subscription last night.
ROFL. Hilarious.
The problem is, is that some financial and trading software is Windows only based and won’t work on Mac’s except with emulation (or whatever it’s called) software and despite what some Mac users think or believe, that with the speed the market moves, especially the Forex or currency market, you can’t afford or risk the delay.
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