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The holiday season is here and that means tons of shopping.
We all want the best deals, which used to mean running from store to store looking a bargain. These days it is much easier to find the best price by comparing websites from the comfort of our laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
Read on for seven simple ways to help lower the risks of shopping online.
Zappos.com, the online shoe-shopping favorite that is owned by Amazon, has suffered a major data breach. Read More
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Identity Theft 911′s founder Adam Levin says identity thieves are looking to steal personal financial details from online shoppers this holiday season. Read More
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“If you’ve got a problem with malls paying attention to your smartphone, you might want to stay away from the mall for, say, the rest of your life,” according to a new article in The Atlantic. Read More
Want to score some hot deals this Black Friday? Sure you do, but what steps are you taking to make sure you don’t also score the attention of hackers and other cyber-thieves? Implement these five tips to ensure smooth and safe online shopping:
This holiday season will no doubt bring a rise in online shopping. While there is no match for the convenience of online shopping, unfortunately, things can go wrong while shopping in cyberspace. Sometimes it is simply a case of a computer glitch or poor customer service. Other times, shoppers are cheated by clever “cybercrooks”. Here are a few ways that shoppers can protect themselves while shopping online this holiday season.
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Have you heard about “device reputation,” a new way some stores are fighting back against credit card fraud? It helps protect retailers from fraudulent online credit card transactions by examining the computer or other device for a history of unwanted behavior. According to this article, if a customer’s computer, smartphone, or tablet indicates an abnormally high level of risk, the merchant can reject the purchase in advance. Read More
You use PayPal and shop online, like most people out there, but here’s a scary story that will make you think twice before purchasing anything online again. It even affects the security of your online banking. But wait, you think just because you’re using a bank’s “secure website” that you have nothing to worry about? Up until now, everyone has assumed that if a website is using HTTPS for online transactions, it means that it is completely safe. But just in the past few weeks, researchers have discovered a serious weakness in this technology that allows hackers to read and steal supposedly encrypted data. Click the headline above to read more. Read More
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If ever there was a case to be made for using a personal VPN, this article on eSecurityPlanet is it. As CEO Kent Lawson noted a couple months ago when the results of the controlled experiment were first released, the study used a small group of volunteers with limited tech knowledge. They were asked to follow a simple tutorial using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) technique to hack into a computer network and obtain each other’s login details. They followed a 14-minute online tutorial and then were able to download hacking software, opening access to login details, passwords, and online shopping accounts within a matter of minutes. One of the experts quoted in the piece says “the wide availability of free hacking tools is a real concern, and everyone is a target.” Read More
According to one security company’s analysts, there are several cybercrime predictions that you should prepare for in the coming decade. The group that has made these predictions, Kaspersky Lab, says the problem of privacy protection will be one of the key issues of the decade. Read More
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