Bill Brenner of SearchSecurity.com writes, “A trio of malicious programs is working together to hijack as many machines as they can in a short period, antivirus experts warned Thursday. Their apparent mission — grow an army of zombie machines that can be sold on the black market and used to steal identities, lift bank account numbers and launch other attacks.

“This is all about money,” said Roger Thompson, director of malicious content research for New York-based Computer Associates [CA]. “It’s about the simple theft of credit card and bank account numbers, and there’s probably a nexus with adware.”

In the last 24 hours, CA has discovered coordination between three Trojan horse programs — Glieder, Fantibag and Mitglieder.”

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