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Olympic malware poses as US Womens Gymnastics scandal video

SophosLabs intercepts a malware campaign that has been spammed out. The emails exploit interest in the London Olympics which are currently making headlines and filling TV schedules around the world. Clicking on the link takes you not to the real YouTube website, but a lookalike webpage that asks users to download an Adobe Flash plugin to view the content. The malware is Trojan/Agent-XIK and Troj/JSRedir-IA, which detect the malware as Troj.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08/03/olympic-malware-gymnastics-scandal-video/

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