Security News

Worm makes use of World Cup hype

Tue, 20 June 2006

Tettnang, 20 June 2006 - Worm/Soccer.A is an email worm that uses a social engineering trick in order to increase it's spreading potential. It uses several subjects such as "Naked World Cup game set", "Crazy soccer fans" or "Soccer fans killed five teens" which increases the possibility of users execution.

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