Video: McAfee warns cybercriminals see recession as opportunity

An annual global report on cybercrime is revealing that cybercriminals are using the global economic recession in malware attacks and as a tool for distracting governments from tracking and investigating their growth.

The McAfee (NYSE: MFE) Virtual Criminology Report, an annual global study on organized crime and the Internet released Tuesday, states cybercriminals are continuing to win the war on cybercrime as the number of unique malware attacks grows and as governments continue to ignore the issue.

CDN sat down with David Marcus, security director at McAfee Avert Labs, to discuss the findings in this video feature:

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