Worm eyes up credit card details

From The BBC

Not my usual sort of post; consider it a public service announcement!

Kind of irnonic that my first posts of the day fits with Chris Muir's cartoon of the day.

Windows users are being warned about a virus that is "aggressively stealing" credit card numbers and passwords.

The Korgo virus debuted on 22 May and since then has been steadily racking up victims.

Although the virus is not widespread, security firms are issuing warnings because it is proving so effective at stealing confidential data.

Those infected by Korgo are being urged to change passwords and credit cards if they have been used online recently.

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Anti-virus firms Sophos reported that it caught 959 new viruses during May, the highest number of novel viruses since December 2001.

Sophos estimates that there are now more than 90,000 viruses in circulation.

"The Sasser and Netsky worms may have captured the headlines, but many more viruses have been written this month," said Carole Theriault, one of Sophos' security consultants.

You have been warned!
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