SECUR> New Global Epidemic ICQ Worm Harvests Financial Info

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New Global Epidemic ICQ Worm Harvests Financial Info

Antivirus firm Kapersky Labs reports a new worm targeting users of the ICQ
Instant Messenger (IM). The worm, called Bizex, delivers a link over IM to
the malicious website jokeworld.biz, which exploits vulnerabilities in
Internet Explorer and Windows to infect a machine with Bizex. Bizex then
sends the jokeworld link to everyone on the infected computer's ICQ contact
list. Bizex delivers a range of payloads. One scours the computer for
payment information related to various banks and financial services. It can
also install a keylogger to intercept data transmitted over HTTPS
(hypertext transfer protocol, secure) to banking sites. The jokeworld.biz
site has been shut down, but security experts warn users to treat links
they receive over ICQ with suspicion. Kapersky Labs believes Bizex to be
the first major ICQ virus, having infected over 50,000 machines.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040224S0006

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