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Cnet is reporting on a Backdoor Trojan included in the software accompanying the Energizer Duo USB Charger:

“The installer for the Energizer Duo software places the file UsbCharger.dll in the application’s directory and Arucer.dll in the Windows system32 directory,” the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said in an advisory on Friday. “Arucer.dll is a backdoor that allows unauthorized remote system access via accepting connections on 7777/tcp. Its capabilities include the ability to list directories, send and receive files, and execute programs.”

Read the whole article for more info and other possibly infected software and devices.