Let the Games Begin

Let the Games Begin

by Mayee Corpin (Technical Communications)

While China is bracing for the 2008 Summer Olympics that it will be hosting in the capital of Beijing from August 8 to August 24, 2008, malware authors are now also busy mounting attacks that play on this quadrennial sporting event.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/let-the-games-begin

You Just Won the Beijing 2008 Olympics Lotto!

by Joey Costoya (Advanced Threats Researcher)

Sweeet!! I just won USD 500,000.00!!

http://blog.trendmicro.com/you-just-won-th...olympics-lotto/

A parallel Olympics for malware started today

Friday August 8, 2008 at 6:42 am CST

Posted by Gaith Taha and Oliver Devane

With all the press coverage the Beijing?s Olympics is currently receiving, it doesn?t surprise us that malware authors are using it as a way of spreading their parasites. Today around the time of the opening ceremony we received a sample in the Aylesbury research lab, which proclaimed to be a set of images which showed the amazing architectural feats of the venues.

http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/ind...e-started-today