[websense] "Social" malware ready for the Olympic Games 2012

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"Social" malware ready for the Olympic Games 2012

Description : The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is exactly 1 week away
 and Websense Security Labs researchers are already seeing data-stealing
 malware that aims to capitalize on the Games. Malware piggybacks on the
 buzz surrounding current, high profile events like the Olympics in
order to steal personal data. Olympics-themed content armed with malware
 is introduced mainly through social engineering-based attacks. The
cyber criminals behind the themed attacks know that they have a better
chance of enticing potential victims by appearing current and
relevant to a hot topic. That gets clicks, and the chance to spread
their data-stealing creations further.
 
 
<img alt="" border="0" src="http://community.websense.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/securitylabs/4744.olympics.jpg" />...(read more)

Lien : http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2012/07/20/a-malware-very-social-and-ready-for-the-olympic-games.aspx