Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
Republished on November 30 with new data highlighting the scale of cyber threat over this year’s holiday shopping season.
Don’t buy from websites until you’ve carefully checked the URL to ensure “it’s legitimate and secure.” Websites should have the telltale secure connection padlock in the address bar and https at the beginning of the full address. If the website is not secure to the URL is not obviously right, move on.
Don’t buy from sellers “who act as authorized dealers or factory reps of popular items in countries where there would be no such deals.” This is a well-known scam whereby these shopfronts take orders and rarely ship goods, and those they do ship are usually counterfeit. Don’t pay for items you buy with pre-paid gift cards. As the FBI explains, “in these scams, a seller will ask you to send them a gift card number and PIN. Instead of using that gift card for your payment, the scammer will steal the funds, and you’ll never receive your item.”, “cyber criminals are putting in overtime—with Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching, threat actors are poised to take advantage of consumers hoping to shop the yearly discounts.
From a cybersecurity perspective, the standout statistic in Adobe’s report is not the overall spend but the percentage being spent on mobile devices. “Mobile spending momentarily overtook desktop spending during the 2023 holidays and will be even more prominent in 2024. This holiday season, Adobe forecasts mobile revenue share will hit a record 53.2% of online shopping and account for $128 billion.
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