Bogus Olympics 2012 Email Warning Blindside Users With Malware



The upcoming London Olympics is undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated sports event of the year. It is also a favorite social engineering ploy among cybercriminals. Just recently, we found an Olympics scam in the form of a lottery that promises a free travel package to the event. Some online crooks, however, played it differently this time. Instead of the typical Olympic-related scams wherein users supposedly won tickets to the event, this scam arrives as spam disguised as an email advisory. Users can be easily tricked into clicking on something like this, and that is why they need Internet Security Awareness Training.






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