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Bugtraq archives for 4th quarter (Oct-Dec) 1995: new trojan horse present in major online system?

new trojan horse present in major online system?

CERT Coordination Center (bukyscs.rochester.edu)
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:39:24 -0500

I have heard an indirect report that one of the major online system
vendors is having a problem with a trojan horse asking users for
account information and credit card numbers.  No indication whether the
trojan is diverting modems from the local point of presence, somewhere
inside the vendor's private network, or inside the vendor's hosts.

It might be worthwhile to remind naive users not to enter credit card
information if unexpectedly asked for it, and that it's safer to call
the vendor's help line if in doubt.