In the fever of festive preparations, the users many times they don't give the necessary importance to their protection during the realization of the online their Christmas markets. As the last one you would want to happen to, especially such a happy period, is to be a victim of a cyber attack, the ESET has prepared a guide with 12 practical tips to help users carefree and safe holidays.
1. Research, research, and again research. Not just because it ensures that we will find the most advantageous price and the product that really suits us, but because this reduces the chance of falling into fraudulent with false websites which will take our money and disappear.
2. Ask yourself: Do you trust the seller? If you are not sure that the site, online store or seller is creditworthy, contact a trusted search engine and use digital certificates or other tools authentication to check. In case you buy from sellers on Amazon and EBay, their rating is a good advisor.
3. Be careful with the bids you see on social media. Cyber criminals often use social media tools and tempt victims to make hasty decisions through attractive offers in the form of one abbreviated address URL, which can then redirect the visitor to one website with malware, or on a forged page that is designed to steal its data.
4. Ensure your payments. Always search for its symbol padlockυ and «s» at the end of http in the URL bar. These two elements are indications that the page is encrypted, so your information only goes to the provider and can not be intercepted in an attack Man-in-the-middle - especially if you have forgotten it open Wi-Fi.
5. Check the payment details that are stored. A few website ask if you want to save payment details while others are actively seeking to avoid it. As the site may be compromised, think carefully about wanting to store items like if you prefer to shop at home or prefer to pick up at work, what is the nationality your, etc.
6. Keep track of your bank transactions. Regularly check the reports with your mind for small ones payment amounts that are not easily detected , or possible excessive payments which could indicate that your credit card has been compromised. Stop immediately The payments with credit card if you see something suspicious.
7. Secure This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. Wi-Fi your, a energy in who not is given usually particular gravity, however This makes it a perfect choice for people with diabetes and for those who want to lose weight or follow a balanced diet. safe Wi-Fi is extremely important especially during online markets. Avoid free, open Wi-Fi hotspots and prefer the security of your home connection.
8. Treat the "greetings" spam emails, which many times use cybercriminals to incorporate malicious files or link. If in doubt, delete it Email or if it is possible to contact the sender using a more reliable way (eg phone).
9. Check your festive holiday details. Many times offers for festive holiday packages are attempts at fraud by the shrewd, so it's a good idea to check facts such as whether the flights actually exist, or also that the online agents have certificates ABTA/ATOL.
10. Beware of suspects link. Such period is popular scams known as Black Hat Search Engine Optimization (BSEO) which redirect searches with keywords related to shopping on malicious websites that are trying to infect users.
11. Delete them spam 'Pricing'. A simple but powerful attack used by cybercriminals is that of emails which have title related to purchase details, shipping or payment, so that a Christmas shopping user who is exhausted will succumb. These messages may contain one infected file or link, so we apply the usual rules: be careful, patient and do our research.
12. Install security software. With millions of gifts worldwide including new devices technology - iPads, iPhones and smartwatches, let us all care to equip them with security solutions, especially if they are intended for children.
