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Home   »   FIFA

Home Court Advantage: BANLOAD Joins FIFA World Cup

  • Posted on:May 30, 2014 at 1:18 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Fernando Mercês (Senior Threat Researcher)
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I wrote a blog entry last week about fraudulent websites that scam users into purchasing tickets to the much-anticipated FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Just recently I found another threat that used the FIFA World Cup as a social engineering hook, this time it involves a banking Trojan. Banking Trojans are popular in the Latin…

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Tags: banking TrojanBANLOADCPL malwaredata breachFIFAspam mailWorld Cup

Threats Get a Kick Out of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Buzz

  • Posted on:May 9, 2014 at 1:48 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Leo Balante (Technical Communications)
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Cybercriminals are well-versed in preying upon anyone curious about world events.  Case in point: the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. While the world is waiting for this, cybercriminals are not wasting time and are now launching new threats that turn global followers into victims. Search Results Leads to Malware, Adware We recently found a file…

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Tags: 2014 FIFA World CupFIFAFIFA World CupMalwarephishingsocial engineeringSpamWorld Cup

Spammed Messages Attempt to Cash In on London 2012 Olympics

  • Posted on:June 27, 2012 at 11:30 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Maydalene Salvador (Anti-spam Research Engineer)
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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…

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Tags: CTO InsightsFIFAlondon 2012london olympics 2012

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