Trojan planted on Chinese banking site
Backdoor dropper sneaked onto bank card operator's servers.
News sources in China are reporting that the website of China UnionPay, a China-wide cross-bank credit card
service used by over 170 million people, has been victim of a hacking attack which placed a backdoor trojan on its
website.
The trojan, referred to by Rising Antivirus as 'Backdoor.Blackhole.2005.a', is described as old and easily
removed by AV software. However, with the possibility of website users receiving the trojan without interaction via a
drive-by download, and a risk of information leakage, those subjected to the threat are advised by official
Chinese news agency Xinhua to ensure their AV software is up-to-date and activated.
The trojan is thought to have been discovered and removed within a day of being planted. Those responsible for the
hack have yet to be identified.
20 November 2006
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