Scammers Take Advantage of Holiday Shopping Season

As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, consumers are moving their shopping online. Fully 56 percent of shoppers say they’ll be doing their holiday shopping online this year. Unfortunately, this environment is ripe for scammers and con artists, as they leverage every tool in their arsenal to separate users from their money, according to cyber-threat intelligence firm BrandProtect.

There were numerous methods of attack during the last month, including the ever-popular phishing. “From November 1 – December 1 2014, BrandProtect detected 27,000 phishing emails that affected millions of consumers.