Trojan steals usernames and passwords.A new Trojan horse See Trojan. Trojan Horse hollow horse concealed soldiers, enabling them to enter and capture Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] See : Deceit (application, security) Trojan horse , LegMir-Y, is designed to steal usernames and passwords from players of a massive multi-player online role-playing game role-playing game n. A game in which players assume the roles of characters and act out fantastical adventures, the outcomes of which are partially determined by chance, as by the roll of dice. , 'Lineage'. "Lineage' is a medieval themed fantasy game played over the internet and claims to have millions of subscribers around the globe, many of them in South Korea which has an advanced internet infrastructure. Comment: As well as causing disruption, a piece of new malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan. is often designed to steal registration keys passwords and data from players of computer games. 'It's sad to think that people will be so desperate to do better in a virtual world that they're actually prepared to commit a real crime We expect to see more internet skirmishes between rival online garners and malicious code to assist this kind of internet robbery in the future.' The 'Lineage' role-playing game is inspired by a series of comic books comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. by Shin II-sook about a prince who tries to reclaim his rightful throne Some players have submerged themselves into the virtual worlds universe, playing for many hours at a time. 'The LegMir-Y Trojan horse also attempts to turn off anti-,virus software and security-related applications, leaving the door open for future hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. attacks. www.sophos.com |
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