A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is a non-self-replicating type of malware which appears to perform a desirable function but instead facilitates unauthorized access to the user's computer system. Trojans do ...

A new kind of malware circulating on the Internet freezes a computer and then asks for a ransom paid through Western Union Holdings Inc.’s money-transfer service. A sample of the Trojan horse virus ...

A new Trojan horse computer program, which secretly steals personal information by tricking users into visiting a malicious Web site, is trying to duplicate the devious success of the Swen worm, which ...

A small team of security researchers at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) have demonstrated that Hardware Trojan Horses can be inserted into computer chips while they are being fabricated.

LAS VEGAS — A new technology could let a Trojan horse disguise itself as the Internet Explorer browser and allow hackers to steal data from PCs by fooling firewalls into thinking it’s a trusted ...

A remote access computer Trojan (RAT) designed to steal credit card details from hotel point-of-sale (PoS) applications is being sold on the underground forums, researchers from security firm Trusteer ...

The Internet's best-known security team has warned of an increase in the use of Trojan horse programs to steal information from unwary users. The Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert) said last week ...