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‘Tis the season for online fraud: Cybercriminals are on the prowl as consumers aim to spend big this Christmas

Despite social-distancing measures and spikes in coronavirus cases, the world is preparing for a repackaged Christmas that could soothe post-lockdown anxiety. The holiday season offers cyber-crooks new opportunities to defraud people, and we can expect a proliferation of online scams leveraging the ongoing health crisis thats pushing consumers to be more digitally active than ever. Digital transactions have surged 250% since the beginning of the pandemic, accelerating online fraud by 11% from early March.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/tis-the-season-for-online-fraud-cybercriminals-are-on-the-prowl-as-consumers-aim-to-spend-big-this-christmas/

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