Would you click on a news article purporting to show a photo of a deceased Donald Trump laying on a stage after an apparent heart attack? Cybercriminals are betting that a good many of you will. It’s the reason for a recent ramp-up in the use of election-themed email and other online lures to try and distribute spam and malware. In an alert this week, security vendor Zscaler urged Internet users to be extra cautious about the sites they visit and the actions they take online to mitigate the threat from heightened election-related criminal campaigns.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading