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Hackers target tennis lovers with spyware

Tennis fans eager to catch the ongoing action at Wimbledon through the tournament's associate website - the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) have been warned of a malicious code on the site.

According to internet security company Sophos, the pages on the ATP website have been infected with a malicious script known as 'Mal/Badsrc' which can lead to infection of visitors' computers with spyware, reports Metro.

Fraser Howard, principal virus researcher at Sophos said: "The ATP website is just one of many sites to have been exploited by hackers trying to steal information from innocent internet users.

"The hackers responsible for this attack don't care what sites they infect, so long as there is a stream of potential victims likely to surf across the net, straight into their trap."

The company revealed the attacks are not unique to the ATP website but thousands of other pages ranging from government to personal sites have come under the same attack.

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