http://supergeekblog.com/2008/12/greasemonkey-malware-targets-firefox/ All things Geeky* Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://supergeekblog.com/2008/12/greasemonkey-malware-targets-firefox/#comment-165 Best posts on Supergeekblog from 1st December – 7th December 2008 | Supergeekblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:23:47 +0000 http://www.supergeekblog.com/?p=467#comment-165 [...] ‘Greasemonkey’ Malware Targets Firefox Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 in Security – Comments: (0) Well it seems to be the week of virus alerts.  This one from Slashdot popped up and caught my attention pretty quick.”Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed ‘Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,’ sits in Firefox’s add-ons folder, registering itself as ‘Greasemonkey,’ the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. [...] [...] ‘Greasemonkey’ Malware Targets Firefox Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 in Security – Comments: (0) Well it seems to be the week of virus alerts.  This one from Slashdot popped up and caught my attention pretty quick.”Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed ‘Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,’ sits in Firefox’s add-ons folder, registering itself as ‘Greasemonkey,’ the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. [...]

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