Let the Games Begin

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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