spyware

The Register brought forward this story about a "new" phishing tool. A file downloaded and installed on your computer gives the phisher full access to intervene your Internet banking, PayPal, eBay and so forth.

What is new with this? Spyware, greyware, trojans and virus has been installed on your computer for a long time. Bots have been controlled from the outside for years. The fact that the tool is able to access your information, tap into your communication and present to you what looks like ordinary PayPal, banking or eBay sites is nothing new. What I find disturbing is the that the anti-phishing tools do not detect the hijacking, and thus are not able to prevent it. As a matter of fact, Norton 360 clears the page you are viewing.