A variant of the Sober virus was discovered on Monday that attempts to fool people into executing its payload by pretending to be an e-mail from soccer world governing body FIFA offering free tickets to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
After a failed attempt to illegally access the FIFA World Cup IT network at the Korea and Japan games four years ago, more emphasis has been placed on intrusion detection processes.
Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.
FIFA's networking partner said today it was expecting hackers to launch huge denial of service attacks against the World Cup football network as the first game of the long-awaited tournament in Germany draws closer.
The Sober.P worm is circulating the Internet in greater quantities than ever, according to antivirus company Sophos.
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Fourteen minutes into Argentina's first World Cup match on June 10, a header bounced off the goalpost and into the Ivory Coast keeper's hands -- and maybe all the way across the goal line.
During the 64 matches to be played in the 2006 World Cup, an estimated 3.2 million spectators will pass through the 12 stadiums to witness the action first-hand. From arrival to departure, the entire experience will be monitored, streamlined and enhanced by multiple systems from Siemens.
Another variant of the Sober virus, which spreads hate messages in German and English, appeared over the weekend. Security firms are warning that they have received hundreds of thousands of e-mails generated by Sober.Q in its first 24 hours.
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