Nearly 25% of users have experienced an online shopping scam in the past, according to a survey by NordVPN. Furthermore, the survey also showed that every fifth shopper who has ever been scammed while shopping has experienced it on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.Read More…
New research from F5 Labs has shown that Black Friday threat actors are better prepared and more sophisticated than ever before. The analysis found that automated traffic became progressively more sophisticated in advance of, and during, the Black Friday period.Read More…
Despite the negative impact the hard lockdown has had on global economy, the annual Black Friday retail sales tradition is expected to remain popular this year. Instead of limiting sales specials for just one day, many stores have taken to doing Black Friday for the entire month of November.Read More…
As Black Friday is approaching, Proofpoint research shows 65 percent of the top 20 online retailers in the UAE have no published DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) record, making them susceptible to cybercriminals spoofing their identity and increasing the risk of email fraud for customers.Read More…
Ondrej Kubovič, ESET Security Awareness Specialist highlights that Emotet has started another massive spam campaign just as Black Friday begins to pick up steam ESET has detected another large Emotet campaign, probably connected with the increased online shopping and email correspondence around Black Friday. Compared to the previous attacks, theRead More…
Written by Brian Pinnock, cyber security expert at Mimecast MEA One of the most common pieces of advice we get about avoiding phishing scams is that, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Except this doesn’t really apply on Black Friday – or in the caseRead More…
The holiday season is in full swing and once again we can expect to see a surge in cyber attacks targeting retailers and consumers. Alastair Paterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Shadows outlines how hackers are expected to target retailers and what retailers as well as consumers can do to remediate risk fromRead More…
