As the 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in Vancouver, the games are on everyone's radar, including the cybercriminals who are looking to capitalize on this world event to spread malware and stage a few targeted attacks.
Spam campaigns featuring breaking news stories filter through to in-boxes faster than ever before, as automated scripts scrape headlines and the text of news stories from hundreds of Web sites. This year, cybercriminals are taking their attacks one step further, sending sinister emails using the Olympics as a guise to distribute malicious content in highly specialized, targeted attacks.
One example of Olympic-themes malware is an email with the subject, "Information and resources to help you travel during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. TravelSmart 2010.htm," as in the sample below.
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