Sophos Warns of Trojan Posing as Wallchart for the 2006 World Cup
Sophos has warned Internet users of the Troj/Haxdoor-IN Trojan horse that poses as a wallchart for the soccer World Cup tournament due to take place in Germany this summer.
The Troj/Haxdoor-IN Trojan horse has been spammed out to computer users in a message offering a free wallchart for football fans who wish to follow their favorite teams in the international football tournament. If PC users are tempted into running the malicious program they risk allowing hackers to gain access to their computer for criminal ends. Sophos said that, while all examples of the emails seen so far were in German, there is no reason to believe that hackers will not switch to using other languages to increase their pool of potential victims.
"The World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events of the year and fans all over the globe will be following their national team avidly," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Malware authors are playing on interest in the tournament to try and infect as many people as possible, in an attempt to seize control, steal from and spy on innocent users' computers."
