Trojan-to-worm automation tool spotted

GUI gizmo adds extra spreading menace to any malware.

Researchers at

Panda

have discovered a simple and colourful graphical application designed to add basic worm techniques to trojans, giving any piece of malicious code the ability to spread itself across networks.

The tool, dubbed ‘Constructor/wormer’ by

Panda

, also allows a number of advanced options to be applied, including packing the resulting executable and disabling options within

Windows

to prevent discovery.

More details, including screenshots, are on the

PandaLabs

blog

here

.

Posted on 20 June 2008 by

Virus Bulletin