A hacker managed to hack the official website of the Dolphin Stadium and successfully installed a malicious software on the website. This software was aimed at implanting keystroke-logging software on any visitor’s computer.

A spokesperson of the stadium told the media that the software had been identified and the site was cleaned within three hours. The Super Bowl game is scheduled to be played in the stadium on February 4 and 75,000 people are expected to attend the game. FBI has given this a top priority and are seriously investigating the case.

The site was inspected by experts from outside security agencies and they have said that there no malicious malware on it. Websense Inc., a software security firm, initially identified and reported the attack on the website to the stadium officials. According to the security experts, the software was a common Trojan program which was targeting computers without the latest security patch from Microsoft. This software would have enabled the hacker to get full access of those computers. According to Websense, programs like this are very easy to detect and computers can be protected from them.

According to Dan Hubbard, vice president of Websense, the Javascript file of the malware was inserted into the front page of the website. He advised all computer users to regularly update their virus programs with the latest security patch.

David Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee Inc., has described the software as a low-hanging-fruit malware that could be dealt with effectively if a computer had the latest and updated anti-malware software.