Cybercriminals are fond of capitalizing on big sporting events, and it doesn't get any bigger than the Olympics. With a worldwide audience, this prestigious event is more than just a prime target for cybercriminals, it's a huge money-making opportunity.
You can be sure, then, that these thieving digital miscreants are all racing to make you their latest victim. Not only that, they’re already out of the gate even before the opening ceremonies, each one eager to be the first to hand ...
We found a spam mail written in Japanese leveraging the Olympics to sell illegal products. We fully expected this event to be used by cybercriminals to profit. It appears that among the first to strike are sellers of B-CAS cards for TVs, which are supposed to allow the users to watch the Olympics without paying.
These spammed messages - which have the subject line オリンピック全日程が見放題 (translated as Free access to all Olympic games in English) - have a link which leads ...
The much-anticipated 2012 London Olympics is set to kick off this Friday.
As the event draws nearer, we expect to see online attacks riding on different Olympics-related activities. Sure enough, we saw this interesting Facebook wall post regarding the said event:
The site, hosted on the domain liveolympictickets(dot)com, appears to offer tickets for sale. Moreover, the site uses the colors and look and feel of the official site:
Exploring the site, I found that clicking on the blue tab Olympic Tickets - Buy ...
With only a few days until the start of the Olympics, the sports craze has reached a fevered pitch—for cybercriminal activity. We have been reporting on the various threats and scams that Olympics fans might encounter online and while the lure might be Olympic-centric, the threats remain the same.
In these Olympic-themed threats, the payload can be information and/or infection. Information is the new currency and cybercriminals want your data. Previous incidents of Olympic-themed spam shows that cybercriminals will use any ...
Cybercriminals are known opportunists. They will take advantage of anything newsworthy and craft their schemes around (for example) sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics. As the London 2012 Olympics opening event draws near, we can expect a surge of spammed messages that leverage this event.
Below are some spammed messages we've spotted using the 2012 Olympics as bait, one involved an email that says "winning notification", another message asks for personal details in exchange for a prize, and another that ...
