World Cup Increases Cyber Crime
It has recently been discovered as well as reported that the 2010 Fife World Cup which is going to be taking place in 
South Africa this year is going to increase the number of cybercrimes that are taking place on our online world.
Popular company Symantec has actually brought out a computer security initiative which has been created in order to educate internet users about the risks involved around cybercrime and the World Cup which shall be taking place very soon.
Grant Brown is a security specialist from Symantec. He has claimed that:”Web-based attacks such as Trojans, botnets, phishing attempts and spam are going to significantly increase this year, but what will make these attacks different is that more of these attacks will have a 2010 World Cup theme to them.”
According to Brown he explains that that the increased broadband capacity which may be coupled with the hard economic climate, may present South African users with serious implications from an internet threat point of view. It is imperative that internet users all over the globe continue to take the necessary computer security precautions as well as be aware of all things related to the world cup, especially when passwords are required or money is being asked for.
According to Brown he is confident in saying the following:”What we are going to see is an increase in fraudulent ticketing sales, promising cheaper tickets, as well as malware-infected Web sites providing general information about the World Cup. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, and as soon as the good guys come up with a preventive measure, the bad guys seem to get around it,” adds Brown.
The truth of the matter is that cybercriminals are experts at what they do. They have reached very high levels of sophistication and always have a tendency to target areas which are popular amongst the online community. The majority of people in the world will either be purchasing tickets for the games or alternatively watching the games or researching information with regard to the games. It is alarming to know that in October last year almost every thirty six out of one hundred thousand spam messages, were actually related to the world cup. There are many computer crimes which are expected to occur as a result of the World Cup event and the general public is being urged to be aware of the possible online dangers involved.
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