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Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.jk

Detected Oct 19 2005 14:17 GMT
Released Oct 19 2005 14:17 GMT
Published Nov 08 2005 16:11 GMT

Technical Details

This Trojan program utilizes spoofing technology. It is made as a fake HTML page. It is designed to steal information from Postbank clients.

It arrives as a important message alledgedly sent by PostBank:

This message contains a link to the fake page; this link exploits the Frame Spoof vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

The Frame Spoof vulnerability (MS04-004) is present in Microsoft Internet Explorer v. 5.x and 6.x, and detailed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004. The document describes this vulnerability and gives recommendations on how to recognize spoofed sites.

Once a user visits the fake site, and enters account details or personal information, these details are sent to a malicious remote user, who will then have access to users' account.


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Trojan-Spy

Trojan-Spy programs are used to spy on a user’s actions (to track data entered by keyboard, make screen shots, retrieve a list of running applications, etc.) The harvested information is then transmitted to the malicious user controlling the Trojan. Email, FTP, the web (including data in a request) and other methods can be used to transmit the data.


Other versions

Aliases

Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.jk (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as:

  • HTML.Phishing.PB-4 (ClamAV)
  • HTML/Bankphish.C (FPROT)
  • Trojan.Bankfraud (DrWeb)
  • HTML/Spy.Bankfraud.JK (Nod32)
  • Trojan.Spy.Html.Bankfraud.JK (BitDef7)
  • HTML.BankFraund.Q (VirusBuster)
  • IRC:Malware-gen (AVAST)
  • HTML_Generic.Z (PCCIL)
  • Trojan.Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.tm (Rising)