Trojan-to-worm automation tool spotted

GUI gizmo adds extra spreading menace to any malware.

Researchers at Panda have discovered a simple and colourful graphical application designed to add basic worm techniques to trojans, giving any piece of malicious code the ability to spread itself across networks.

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The tool, dubbed 'Constructor/wormer' by Panda, also allows a number of advanced options to be applied, including packing the resulting executable and disabling options within Windows to prevent discovery.

More details, including screenshots, are on the PandaLabs blog here.

20 June 2008

Tags: cybercrime, malware, panda, trojan, worm.   

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