Cybercriminals eye gold with Olympic Games scamsAugust 08, 2012 — CSO — The public's appetite for scandal around the world is practically insatiable. Not surprisingly, cybercriminals try to take advantage of it, especially during an event like the 2012 Olympic Games. But the good news, say experts, is that the bulk of the scams are unsophisticated, looking to take advantage of so-called "low-hanging fruit." One of the more recent, discovered by security vendor Sophos, is a malware campaign that tries to snare victims with a fake scandal at the Olympics. A post by Graham Cluley on Sophos' Naked Security blog said a spam email comes with a subject line saying: "Huge scandal with the USA Women's Gymnastics Team on the 2012 London Olympics."
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