Malware

Trojan

malware:trojan Also: Trojan horse, Trojans

Freshly made Trojan downloaded onto victims’ computers, designed to evade antivirus detection and create a control tunnel to the attackers.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES command and control tunnel Explicit 19
incoming INVOLVES Operation Aurora Explicit 19

Claims

Operation Aurora INVOLVES Trojan

The attack downloaded and ran a newly made Trojan on victims’ computers.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 19 Details

“the program that was downloaded and ran was a Trojan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 4402–4454

Trojan USES command and control tunnel

The Trojan opened a tunnel back to the attackers to control the victim’s computer, disguised as regular web traffic.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 19 Details

“This Trojan opened up a tunnel back to the hackers so they could control the victim’s computer”