The security company Trend Micro has introduced a free guide, 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy', which explains and offers advice on how to shop safely online. The Christmas season is approaching and everything suggests that online trading will increase. The proliferation of virtual store business and the expansion of new devices this holiday season make more purchases online are expected. Therefore, and to the dangers of online shopping security, Trend Micro has published a guide, 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy', with tips for safe online shopping.
The team of threat analysts Trend Micro believes that the risks associated with Internet shopping may be even greater because, in fact, the boom being experienced by purchases made via mobile: 43% of smartphone users that they use their mobile devices to make purchases. This percentage is expected to increase in coming years, or even in the next two months.
Given the forecasts of analysts, Trend Micro has introduced an online shopping guide for the holidays 2011 and proposes a series of tips to help consumers stay away from dangers such as identity theft and personal information.
According to Trend Micro, the first thing users have to remember is that cyber criminals are continually launching attacks on one or all aspects of buyer information: credit cards, identification numbers of personal accounts online banking, or other personal information.
Among the variety of cyber attacks that develop, the company emphasizes in several as an information guide for prevention. For example, Trend Micro warns of Blackhat SEO attacks, which are that the search results for topics such as gadgets and other factors may be contaminated to direct users to malicious sites.
The scams are another tool for cybercriminals. Presented as online promotions, these scams try to trick users to become victims of malicious plans so that they can lead to theft of information, financial data, and even to own money. In a recent anti-spam scan found an offer for the next Black Friday (the day that traditionally opens the Christmas shopping season) through a domain suspect.
Finally, Trend Micro is the possibility of having a session hijacking. Customers who shop while connected to unsecured networks are becoming at risk for this type of attack, which involves crawling through networks of certain types of information such as banking credentials.
In his guide, Trend Micro warns of these dangers and offers tips for preventing them. Users can access the guide 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy' through the Trend Micro website for future reference and make your online shopping safer.
The team of threat analysts Trend Micro believes that the risks associated with Internet shopping may be even greater because, in fact, the boom being experienced by purchases made via mobile: 43% of smartphone users that they use their mobile devices to make purchases. This percentage is expected to increase in coming years, or even in the next two months.
Given the forecasts of analysts, Trend Micro has introduced an online shopping guide for the holidays 2011 and proposes a series of tips to help consumers stay away from dangers such as identity theft and personal information.
According to Trend Micro, the first thing users have to remember is that cyber criminals are continually launching attacks on one or all aspects of buyer information: credit cards, identification numbers of personal accounts online banking, or other personal information.
Among the variety of cyber attacks that develop, the company emphasizes in several as an information guide for prevention. For example, Trend Micro warns of Blackhat SEO attacks, which are that the search results for topics such as gadgets and other factors may be contaminated to direct users to malicious sites.
The scams are another tool for cybercriminals. Presented as online promotions, these scams try to trick users to become victims of malicious plans so that they can lead to theft of information, financial data, and even to own money. In a recent anti-spam scan found an offer for the next Black Friday (the day that traditionally opens the Christmas shopping season) through a domain suspect.
Finally, Trend Micro is the possibility of having a session hijacking. Customers who shop while connected to unsecured networks are becoming at risk for this type of attack, which involves crawling through networks of certain types of information such as banking credentials.
In his guide, Trend Micro warns of these dangers and offers tips for preventing them. Users can access the guide 'The Security of Online Shopping is Easy' through the Trend Micro website for future reference and make your online shopping safer.
