Hackers have programmed a Trojan that uses Google Groups newsgroups to distribute commands. Trojan distribution via newsgroups has existed for more than a decade, but using newsgroups as a command and control channel is a new innovation.
The Grups Trojan itself is quite simple and is only noteworthy for the command and control structure it deploys. The malware is programmed to log into a Chinese language newsgroup to receive commands, Symantec security researcher Gavin O’Gorman writes.
When successfully logged in, the Trojan requests a page from a private newsgroup, escape2sun. The page contains commands for the Trojan to carry out.…

To begin with, if you follow Zeitgeist* you can see if there is anything that catches the eye.. These are the keywords that are ‘hot’ at the moment, if they excite, then add them to the list. If they are particularly new, the analysis that follows may be invalid, so please use common sense. i.e. ‘world trade center’ would have been ‘cold’ before 9/11, then hot, then cooling over the following years and now it will be hot again because of the film. If in doubt, check the trends to see the movement over the years.
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