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Posted 14 August 2008 - 09:58 AM

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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.trendmic...the-games-begin

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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/

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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
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