Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ is on the loose!

Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ is on the loose and is happily robbing people of their private information. Sandra Bridekirk a Sydney Australian woman, unknowingly got her PC infected with the said trojan, which then stole all her online banking details, passwords and all. Ms Bridekirk was shocked to find withdrawals to the amount of $1485 missing from her bank account.

CTO of online transaction security firm TrustDefender, Andreas Baumhof, found that Ms Bridekirk's PC had been infected by a drive-by download on the 2nd of September. Apparently the cyber crooks had set up a daily withdrawal of which two withdrawals had already been made. This would have probably continued had she not noticed the missing money. The third and last transaction was stopped, but $3000 remained frozen until her bank and law enforcements completed the investigation.

The Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ executes itself by injecting malicious code into victims web browsers, mainly banking websites. This code will allow the hackers to edit any form of information accessed by the user over the internet. Hackers use this trojan to steal and record passwords, user names, credit card details, ATM pin numbers, Social Security Numbers, birth dates and any other information the hacker requires. The trojan can also steal sensitive information from the browser's auto-complete passwords cache and Windows protected storage.

Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ is also known to steal email addresses from Windows Address Books, which the hacker can then use to send spam or sell the info to other spammers. This trojan also uses a keylogger program to capture all user keystrokes. It can also monitor chat conversations and do screen shots, basically it gives a hacker total control over an infected system.

Fortunately for us, virus protection software can protect us from this trojan, but only if the virus scanner has the trojans profile in its signature database. The problem is hackers keep on creating new and different strains of trojans making it difficult for security software developers to keep up. As a result there is always short period of time in which hackers frantically infect thousands of users computers, before new remedies are developed for new trojans and viruses.

Analysis shows that the trojan originated from the Russian Federation, why am i not surprised. For now users are advised to update their security software and hope that it will alert you when Trojan.Spy.Banker.EGJ attacks.