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5 Ways to Protect Your Ecommerce Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

This portrays a grim picture for ecommerce businesses — filled with data breaches and irate customers. As per our research, here are five tried-and-tested techniques to protect your ecommerce digital business from dangerous online frauds. Create strong passwords. Share your online store’s policies and run a test payment.

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Facebook Marketplace users’ stolen data offered for sale

Malwarebytes

Smaller businesses also use it as well to get their ecommerce side of the business started. Depending on the buyer of the leaked data, both the email addresses and the phone numbers could be used in phishing attacks. Set up a PIN or password on your cellular account. Limit the personal information you share online.

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Breached on Black Friday? 56% of Consumers Won’t Return Until After Christmas

SiteLock

This time of year, it’s more important than ever that ecommerce businesses make cybersecurity a top priority in order to protect their website, customers, and bottom line. For most ecommerce businesses, especially smaller ones, Black Friday jumpstarts the ultimate money-making time of year. Holiday Shopping Revenue Reaches New Heights.

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How to Safely Shop Online During Cyber Monday

SiteLock

Everyone expects that all the ecommerce sites are safe, but there is always the possibility of getting tricked into visiting a website managed by cybercriminals. Phishing emails are well-crafted emails that trick users into clicking on malicious links or attachments. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the holiday frenzy.

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

SMS phishing attacks will be the new phish in town. Phishing is a common attack used by cybercriminals to trick individuals into providing personal data or login credentials through a “spray and pray” method that can reach a mass audience, typically via email. Given that over 2.5

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Chinese fraudsters: evading detection and monetizing stolen credit card information

CyberSecurity Insiders

Chinese fraudsters primarily target the United States for two reasons: the large population makes phishing attacks more effective, and credit card limits in the country are higher compared to other nations. The latter method involves using the server and templates included in the phishing kit to impersonate various companies and brands.

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Cybercriminals Implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Invoice Fraud

Security Affairs

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. The necessary login credentials for online banking systems are previously harvested through a phishing kit.