Trojan Uses Google Groups To Deliver Botnet Commands

Gavin O Gorman from Symantec writes in the company's blog how data criminals are using trojan, named as Trojan.Grups by Symantec, to distribute botnet commands in Google Groups newsgroups. Trojan distribution via newsgroups is not very uncommon, but this is the first instance of newsgroup C&C (command and control) usage that Symantec has detected.

Detailed analysis of how the Trojan.Grups trojan works can be read in Symantec blog here.

Source: TheRegister