“Bomb Blast.” “Jackson is still alive: proof.” “Obama cursed by Pope.” These are just a few of the subjects used by cybercriminals last year to trick people into opening malware-infected e-mails. Spam that uses the latest news headlines was just one of the hot trends last year in the world of cybercrime, according to McAfee’s “Q4 Threats Report” (PDF), released Tuesday. The latest threat assessment also noted a rise in “hacktivism,” or politically motivated cyberattacks. Though spam levels in the fourth quarter actually[....]
