Lazy to Hack: FIFA World Cup Soccer - Malware based attacks continue

27 June 2010

FIFA World Cup Soccer - Malware based attacks continue

Symantec and Message Labs continue to warn of malicious email, scams and websites, using the 2010 Soccer World cup theme. Some of these continuing attacks are arriving in my own email, so please be careful:

FIFA World Cup Soccer - Malware based attacks continue
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/fifa-world-cup-scams-continue-circulate

QUOTE: As reported in the June MessageLabs Intelligence Report, MessageLabs Intelligence is seeing a great variety of different threats relating to the upcoming FIFA World Cup. We’ve seen 419-style scams, including emails offering tickets to games; fake accommodation providers; offers of contracts to supply clothing and boots; offers of free mobile phones; scams looking for companies to provide additional electricity/power for the World Cup; and more. All designed to ultimately obtain the recipient’s personal details, and/or money by means of deception and fraud.

MessageLabs Intelligence has also seen fake World Cup tickets for sale on well known auction websites, or advertisements offering tickets, that in reality are unlikely to give the buyer access to any games. Moreover, we’ve seen a huge volume of spam that contains World Cup related content, but is actually not about the World Cup.

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27 June 2010

FIFA World Cup Soccer - Malware based attacks continue

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