p2pnet.net News:- “The FBI today warned the public to avoid falling victim to an on-going mass e-mail scheme wherein computer users receive unsolicited e-mails purportedly sent by the FBI,” said an alert issued in February this year.

The subject was the Sober K worm. Now there’s another variant, Sober.P, which surfaced yesterday and is still spreading, says F-Secure director of research Mikko Hypponen.

It overloaded the systems of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association ) to the extent organizers weren’t able to receive or send normal e-mails yesterday, says vp Wolfgang Niersbach, quoted by F-Secure.

“One example of a mail Sober.P might send is a German message promising free tickets to the soccer world championships,” says Hypponen on the company’s blog.

“The ticket sales for the next World cup were opened on Monday – the same day the virus was released.”

Below is an example”

From: Ticket@fifa.de
Subject : WM-Ticket-Auslosung
Herzlichen Glueckwunsch,

beim Run auf die begehrten Tickets für die 64 Spiele der
Weltmeisterschaft 2006 in Deutschland sind Sie dabei.

Weitere Details ihrer Daten entnehmen Sie bitte dem Anhang.
Ihr "ok2006" Team

St. Rainer Gellhaus
— FIFA-Pressekontakt:
— Pressesprecher Jens Grittner und Gerd Graus
— FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
— Organisationskomitee Deutschland
— Tel. 069 / 2006 – 2600
— Jens.Grittner@ok2006.de
— Gerd.Graus@ok2006.de
Attachment: Fifa_Info-Text.zip

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See:-
an alert – Virus lurks within FBI email, p2pnet, February 23, 2005
surfaced yesterday – New Sober worm likes soccer, p2pnet, May 3, 2005
F-Secure – Sober Agent, May 3, 2005

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