Pro Hack - Chinese Hackers Trojan-ize US Access Card - The curious case of Sykipot Trojan In This Issue... Chinese Hackers Trojan-ize US Access Card - The curious case of Sykipot Trojan More Recent Articles Search Pro Hack Researchers at AlientVault have uncovered a new strain of Sykipot Trojan which has been used to compromise the Department of Defense-sanctioned smart cards used to authorise network and building access at many US government agencies, the Trojan has been adapted by Chinese hackers in order to lift credentials from compromised systems in order to access classified military networks. The Trojan inadvertently targets PCs attached to smart card readers running ActivClient, the client application of ActivIdentity, in what's been described as a 'smart card proxy' attack. Read the full Story at the Register Thanks for your readership. Be a Pro,Visit Prohack. RD   • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • • More Recent Articles WiFi Protected Standard vulnerability – Cracked, Bruteforced and Documented Happy New Year 2012 5 software I cant live without on my laptop (Windows) – A look inside the self confessed geeks laptop and mindset Diwali Celebrations and Answers to common questions (which people have been asking me) I too Intended to join a Security NGO (period) and I was proved wrong.

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