Cyber-attacks: how hackers use 'social engineering' to disable targets

Many of latest attacks identified by McAfee began with 'spear phising' emails tailored to appear from trustworthy sources 'I will tell you what stands out to me from all these attacks," says Rik Ferguson, a consultant at the security company Trend Micro, who has with long experience of countermanding hacking and malware. "They may use the most sophisticated malware which attacks computers in