FIFA World Cup Ripe for Malware Attacks

World events are perfect phishing and malware opprotunities for organized crime to launch attacks. The FIFA World Cup, known throughout the world as " the World's Game" is no exception. This morning we were greeted by the an onslaught of malicious email seeking to capitalize on this event. Email with the subject "FIFA World Cup...Bad News" and a small Word file attached started appearing late last night EST. Obviously do not open these malicious email, click on their links, open their attachements or other variants certain to follow. This has not been the first such attack and we are certain to see more. For more examples of recent malware attacks on the FIFA World Cup see this ZDNet Article.