The InternetSpam

How to avoid cyber attacks by making an online purchase on cyber Monday?

Last weekend gave the start to the most intense period of shopping in the year - and at the same time the most dangerous in terms of cyber protection. Virus attacks on the computers of online customers of a variety of online stores have already increased by forty percent in cyber Monday 2013 and 2014 compared to the usual number of similar attacks in the normal days of previous months. And all companies engaged in information security, noted that Christmas holidays in December are the most dangerous for making online purchases during the year. After all, a tempting sale can turn out to be a real nightmare for you.

Dangerous period

Ill-wishers know that during this period of time, many more people are doing online activity - accordingly, they are more attacked. Cyber Monday is not a one-day situation, it's the beginning of a whole period of heightened attention to Internet users shopping online, from hackers. Most often, these cyber attacks focus on the most popular items that are in high demand. If you read in the press that this season is the most popular, hackers do the same. Whatever the latest most fashionable and advanced gadget, it will necessarily become the subject of spam, phishing or bait for online scammers. And this situation continues throughout the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, Apple's gadgets, as well as the Xbox and PlayStation consoles have become the main targets. Some attackers are very sophisticated and experienced - they can make sure that one of the top results in the search for "Google" is a link to an extremely cheap Xbox console, and when the user navigates through this link, his computer becomes infected with a dangerous virus.

Cyber Monday and December

The risk of cyber attacks is constant, but cyber Monday marks a change in accents for hackers. A huge number of viruses throughout the year come to users' computers due to the fact that they visit "adult sites" or click where they do not need to click. However, in December most people are engaged in online shopping, which forces hackers to pay attention to this field of activity.

The most popular cyberattack

One of the main ways of cyber attack today is through social networks. Hackers send out direct personal messages, leave tweets or posts on the walls containing a link to the goods at a huge discount. And these attacks very often end successfully, because people tend to trust what their close friends, acquaintances or other trusted sources send them, but they do not think that a friend's account can be hacked. You can send hundreds of thousands of messages by e-mail - or you can just infect one computer through social networks, and he will then infect hundreds of thousands of others along the chain. A small percentage of one person's friends will follow the link, giving access to their friends who repeat the same thing, and this can last forever.

Unpleasant surprises

Another popular attack at this time of the year is based on the fact that many people expect gifts, that is, they will not cause suspicion of something that they received, although they did not buy. Hackers send messages by e-mail on behalf of companies responsible for mail delivery, which states that there is a package in the person's name that could not be delivered. Further it is offered to pass under the link to learn details - naturally, people wish to learn, that they should receive. Just imagine how successful such a method of attack can be, when in the Christmas season, millions of people are happy to wait for gifts and surprises.

How to protect yourself?

Also very often there are letters that are sent ostensibly on behalf of large sellers, such as, for example, Amazon or Best Buy. These letters also contain information that any parcel in your name was not delivered - of course, the letter contains a link, when switching over, your computer is infected with a virus. Therefore do not rush, and if you received such a letter, it's better to manually go to the seller's website and check what's wrong with your package. This way you can avoid hackers attacking you. There are other very useful tips that you should follow if you do not want to become a victim of a cyber attack in this busy season. Carefully follow the posts in social networks, do not go through suspicious links, without first making sure that they are safe. Make online purchases only from trusted vendors who use SSL security technology on their site. Always use anti-virus software on your computer and do not use the same password on different sites.

Similar articles

 

 

 

 

Trending Now

 

 

 

 

Newest

Copyright © 2018 en.birmiss.com. Theme powered by WordPress.