Security

Phishing attacks impersonating major brands like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy surged by over 2000% during peak shopping periods, underscoring the heightened threat landscape in the United States.

Mushrooming fake store sites, deceptive domains, and compromised e-commerce sites are just a few of the threats facing online shoppers and businesses this holiday season, according to reports recently released by two cybersecurity companies.

Based on a survey of 11,000 adults in 50 states, one-quarter of American adults have had a package stolen this year. The average value of each stolen parcel was $204.

The retail industry is bracing for more than just the usual surge of cyberattacks this holiday shopping season. Among the most persistent challenges is the rise in advanced bad bot traffic, which has surged by 58% compared to last year.

The streaming television industry has been accused of operating a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that is transforming TVs into sophisticated monitoring, tracking, and targeting devices.

Imagine losing billions in e-commerce revenue because consumers are taught how to game the chargeback system. This is the harsh reality facing digital marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb, Turo, and Etsy as they grapple with an escalating wave of fraudulent chargebacks.

Cybercriminals are exploiting young gamers' innocence for financial gain, putting their privacy and their families' financial security at risk. Experts emphasize the need for parental awareness, as children are particularly vulnerable to these scams.

A new privacy report ranking the top 15 social media platforms found Reddit and Snapchat as the least intrusive on their users' privacy. At the other end of the spectrum were Meta products Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

In addition to targeting retail websites, fraudulent purchases and fake returns not only result in direct financial losses but also create additional costs and burdens for both sellers and customers. New data shows that 75% of consumers would readily drop a brand after any cybersecurity issue.

Cybersecurity experts and government officials have long supported the policy of not paying ransoms due to its potential to curb criminal activity and reduce attacks. Paying ransoms is risky and unreliable and does not guarantee that cybercriminals will restore access or decrypt files.

The streaming platform, which serves some 83.6 million households, boasted that the technology, developed by The Trade Desk, will offer advertisers more precise prospect targeting and a more secure means of facilitating data collaboration with Roku.

Lenient return policies and product promotions have become the gold standard for merchants who want to acquire loyal customers. However, these same strategies have opened them up to rampant policy abuse.

Artificial intelligence is behind a significant surge in sophisticated bad bot traffic, which went from bad to worse in the first quarter of this year. Instead of human net surfers, these bad bots generated nearly half of all web traffic.

A former "sneaker botter" who for years programmed bots to take advantage of e-commerce platforms now uses his experience to combat bot attacks to raid merchants' websites and prevent Account Takeover (ATO) attacks.