Topic: Trojan downloader uses Zidane lure

[Clive]

A different kind of viral email

By John Leyden
Monday 17th July 2006 13:28 GMT

Nefarious virus writers are using continued interest in Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbut in the World Cup final in order to distribute malware via a malicious website (screen shot here) that poses as an official FIFA World Cup 2006 website.

Surfers straying on the site are exposed to a Trojan horse downloader, which uses Windows exploits in a bid to install malware on vulnerable PCs. If successful, additional malware payloads are downloaded on to victimised machines.

According to web security firm WebSense, the US-based site uses the underground "Web Attacker" toolkit, a malware package available from a Russian website at anywhere between $20 and $300.

The appearance of the site coincides with the continued circulation of humourous emails satirising Zidane's headbut outrage.

The latest hacker attack is a "viral email" of a very different type, that illustrates, once again, how hackers frequently look to topical events in order to propel the distribution of malign code. ®


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/17/zidane_trojan/

[mistybear]

That's a little scary or am I being paranoid. I just ran a scan and Hijackthis.

[Simon]

Well, unless you've been to the website, there's nothing to worry about.  

Here's the screenshot referred to in Clive's post.

[mistybear]

I was worried that it had something to do with this.

http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/005184.html

I posted that in the Footy Forum section.
Better to be paranoid than sorry.