ThreatList: Holiday Spam, the Perfect Seasonal Gift for Criminals

It's no surprise, consumers are much more likely to fall for spam during the holiday season. Maybe holiday cheer makes people less cynical. If so, that explains why social-engineering spam tactics prove to be more effective during the festive season. New research shows that spam campaigns disguised as delivery notifications or online shopping invoices, while always a favored tactic by criminals, work even better around the holidays. That’s largely because, among other factors,...