[ISN] Attackers Gearing Up for Cyber Monday With Scams, Deals

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attackers-Gearing-Up-for-Cyber-Monday-With-Scams-Deals-477523/

By Fahmida Y. Rashid
eWEEK.com
2011-11-27

Criminals and scammers are targeting online shoppers looking for deals 
with too-good-to-be-true offers for Cyber Monday.

Holiday shoppers planning to search for that perfect gift are gearing up 
for online deals on Monday after Thanksgiving. Security experts warned 
that scammers are also ramping up their efforts for the biggest online 
shopping day of the season.

With close to $1 billion in online sales, last year's Cyber Monday 
surpassed Black Friday as the highest-volume day for holiday shopping. 
This year's Cyber Monday is shaping up to be even bigger, with shoppers 
expected to do more than a third of their holiday shopping online, to 
the tune of $1.2 billion, according to the National Retail Federation.

"Even more holiday shopping will happen online this year than last, and 
that means more scammers will be looking to do some shopping of their 
own—possibly at your expense," said Stephen Cobb, a security evangelist 
for ESET.

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