Attackers are busy monitoring current events so they can distribute malware that appears relevant, such as sending spam message containing links to malware with contextual references to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, or other current events. We recently began receiving reports of a new spam run with an attached malicious password-protected .ZIP file. The message text below is a sample of the message that was sent. Note that this is an example of social engineering. The context of the message is crafted to incite and provoke the reader to proceed along the lines required to infect the recipient. The content need not be truthful and often is not.
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2008/08/21/current-events-spark-round-of-malware.aspx