Cyber criminals are blasting out massive amounts of spam touting a video of President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech. Recipients who click the included link are taken to a site that prompts visitors to install an Adobe Flash Player update. The bogus update, however, is actually a data-stealing Trojan horse.

The Obama spam I had in my mail box this morning was trying very hard to make me go and have a look see.

It said..

Barak Obama is a woman.

I resisted

Financial phishing

Wave of financial phishing amid economic crisis

The global economic crisis has given cybercriminals a new opportunity to launch targeted phishing attacks that exploit people’s fears and anxieties. These email scams are designed to steal sensitive financial and personal data using social engineering techniques. (2:09)