The movement to free Tibet from Chinese rule has had several web sites and organizations springing up to fight for Tibetan independence from the Chinese’s Communist Rule. The movement was threatened by the government to be met with force and it indeed was resulting in the much publicized crackdown on the remote Chinese territory. Their discovery of the Trojan, nicknamed FriBet by McAfee is quite unique in the sense that it is the only form of malware that has been specifically designed to attack a specific type of computer, one that supports the Pro-Tibetan movement. The said malware has been identified to have infected two web sites that have expressed support for the movement and the Trojan then seeks all databases that are linked to the said site. Visiting the said infected sites will trigger a seek operation that downloads the payload onto the machine which in turn spreads it to other sites that it visits.
This raises suspicion though the experts are not raising the idea that it may have been developed to wreak havoc on sites the Chinese government have identified as supporters. The Chinese link has yet to be officially declared but anyone knows these types of attacks are a common practice of hackers. The surprising fact is that it is similar to a patriot which locks in on a target which has been designated by mission control effectively getting its target in any weather. The aiming is quite precise which leads conspiracy theories to the conclusion that it may be an attack on these sites from the inside. Much is to be learned from the Trojan as it is tracked and detected throughout the globe. Major developers of anti-viruses have been able to remove and block it but unprotected machines may prove to be too easy a target for the Trojan.