Cyber Monday to Bring Increase in Online Threats
SC Magazine notes as users prepare for the long Thanksgiving weekend, internet fraudsters are already looking forward to Monday – the unofficial start of the holiday cybercrime season. Cyber Monday, the digital equivalent of the brick-and-mortar world’s Black Friday, is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, and typically marks the beginning of a month-long period of increased online threats. Attack volume usually peaks during the two weeks before Christmas, when last-minute shoppers are online in full force. Phishing attacks, survey scams and poisoned search engine results are all expected to ramp up on Cyber Monday, the day most employees return to work for the first time since the Thanksgiving break.
