Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads 

Google profits from illegal Olympic ticket ads

In Networks - By Tom Brewster, 13 January 2012 11:05 AM
Fraudsters trump legit retailers in AdWords.
Facial recognition used in riots, Olympic Games 

Facial recognition used in riots, Olympic Games

In Applications - By Stewart Mitchell, Darren Pauli, 15 August 2011 4:18 PM
Police, vigilantes, tap into facial recognition.
Cybercriminals exploiting Winter Olympics, luger's death 

Cybercriminals exploiting Winter Olympics, luger's death

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 February 2010 10:28 AM
Attackers utilise Twitter and black hat SEO tactics.
Olympics news sites hit with attacks 

Olympics news sites hit with attacks

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 13 August 2008 9:50 AM
Hackers are using SQL injection attacks to infect websites with updates on the Olympics.
Last-ditch warning: 'think before you click', during Olympics 

Last-ditch warning: 'think before you click', during Olympics

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 8 August 2008 1:48 PM
The opening ceremony for the much anticipated Beijing Olympic Games is only hours away and security experts have sent out an eleventh hour warning to internet users – ‘think ...
Malware writers go for your gold during the Olympics 

Malware writers go for your gold during the Olympics

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 7 August 2008 10:37 AM
Malware purveyors are embracing the upcoming Olympic games wholeheartedly.
Australians lose millions to fraud annually not just during Olympics 

Australians lose millions to fraud annually not just during Olympics

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 5 August 2008 2:45 PM
Australians have lost nearly $120,000 to the Olympic ticket scammers, according to the NSW Office of Fair Trading's latest update.
Games bring Olympic-sized security breaches 

Games bring Olympic-sized security breaches

In Web/client - 4 August 2008 4:04 PM
With the opening ceremony only four days away, online fraudsters are using the hype of the Beijing Olympics to trick consumers out of thousands of dollars.
China lifts Olympics internet censorship 

China lifts Olympics internet censorship

In Networks - By Guy Dixon, 4 August 2008 9:18 AM
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved quickly to quell media furore surrounding internet censorship imposed on Beijing-based journalists.
China to censor journalists' Net access during Olympics 

China to censor journalists' Net access during Olympics

In Networks - By Egan Orion, 1 August 2008 10:01 AM
No bricks removed from great firewall
Warning over Olympics Storm virus 

Warning over Olympics Storm virus

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 20 June 2008 10:18 AM
Security organisations are warning of a new virus attack that uses the upcoming Chinese Olympics to spread a new variant of the Storm malware..
Malware writers cash in on Olympics 

Malware writers cash in on Olympics

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 16 April 2008 9:28 AM
A video file laced with a malicious rootkit is the latest attempt by hackers to cash in on the Beijing Olympics..
Olympic spam carries malicious code: MessageLabs 

Olympic spam carries malicious code: MessageLabs

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 26 February 2008 10:16 AM
A legitimate attachment containing information about security for the upcoming Beijing Summer Games is also masking a trojan, researchers at MessageLabs said.
IT security testing begins on Olympics systems 

IT security testing begins on Olympics systems

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 8 August 2007 10:04 AM
Security tests will commence this month on the IT infrastructure for next year's Olympics hosted in Beijing.
An eventful - but secure - Olympics 

An eventful - but secure - Olympics

By Dan Kaplan, 23 March 2006 10:46 PM
Bode Miller may have flopped on the slopes, but the Olympics’ IT security staff succeeded all the way to the finish at the recently concluded Winter Games.
Germans use biometrics at Olympics 

Germans use biometrics at Olympics

By Dan Ilett, 13 August 2004 4:58 AM
Visitors to the German Olympic village in Athens will be issued with biometric ID cards.
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