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FIFA World Cup – themed malware

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Major events often used by spammers to fuel their scams.

While the World Cup soccer tournament is still more than two months away, researchers from Symantec are reporting on a targeted malware campaign using a FIFA World Cup theme. Attackers changed Greenlife’s PDF document to include malicious code. Emails contain this attached PDF file claiming to provide a guide to the first African edition of football’s most prestigious tournament.

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