Hackers use the Olympics to spread malicious code

Hackers have recently posted a fake video that provides new information about the Beijing Olympics taking advantage of the interest of PC users to this sporting event to spread a dangerous malicious code.

Researcher Patrick Comiotto of McAfee Security said the video is just a demonstration of a Chinese gymnastics athlete performing. In fact, below is a dangerous malicious code that records all actions on the keyboard (keyloggers) to allow hackers to steal personal information.

Mr. Comiotto said the malicious code after infecting a malicious PC keylogger will install a malicious application driver into the Windows root directory and create some dynamic library files with the function of making connections. and send information about a server in China.

It can be said that hackers take advantage of big events that many people are interested in spreading malicious code is what happens 'like meals'. The above code is not the first malicious code to take advantage of the Beijing Olympics to spread. The closer to the event day, the more new forms of malware appear.